2.3 billion people suffer from oral health issues, and more than 530 million children suffer from oral health issues of primary teeth. It is a problem that is not being addressed because of how expensive oral health care is. Oral health issues have been proven to be linked to the quality of a person’s overall health. Many individuals, including 33% of Canadians and North Americans, forgo dental visits, due to fear of the dentist, lack of affordability, or lack of time to see a dentist. Snapsmile is building an AI model that can detect dental issues, similar to a Dentist’s visual examination. This would provide free Visual Dental check-ups for anyone that has access to a smartphone. 

Snapsmile uses image recognition technology to identify dental issues. This model is being trained with images that were annotated by Dentists. Snapsmile can bring access to a service which ranges anywhere from $50USD to $300USD globally - for completely free. Once snapsmile’s AI model improves, it gives us the ability to make personalized recommendations to people, and ultimately paves a new way of how patients interact with their oral health.