AI-Dent Vienna

News & updates

Selected publications, funding, projects, and other developments from the group.

Selected news from AI-Dent Vienna.

A concise archive of major publications, research funding, project milestones, and other group developments.

2026

FFG funds the ARTIS project on AI for intraoral scans; PhD position open

ARTIS develops deep learning methods that derive dental charting, gingival analysis and an oral hygiene index from routine intraoral scans. We are hiring a PhD student for the project.

Funding · Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) · October 2026

Valentin Yugay wins second place for his poster at the Austrian Dental Award

Micro-CT study of the marginal and internal fit of 120 five-unit monolithic zirconia bridges, presented at the 50th Austrian Dental Congress in Vienna.

Award · Austrian Dental Congress · October 2026

First place in the ToothFairy4 Challenge at ODIN 2026 (MICCAI 2026)

A segmentation-guided pipeline with a LoRA fine-tuned vision-language model generates complete clinical reports from dental CBCT scans.

Award · ODIN 2026 · MICCAI · September 2026

Towards patient-specific optimization for mandibular reconstruction planning based on predicted bone-union propensity

Aftabi H, Lloyd JE, Ding A, Sagl B, Prisman E, Hodgson A, Fels S

Publication · Medical Image Analysis · September 2026

V2V2R paper for the ToothFairy4 Challenge accepted at the ODIN 2026 MICCAI workshop

The paper presents V2V2R for the ToothFairy4 Challenge.

Conference paper · August 2026

2025

FWF funds research on sex differences in temporomandibular joint biomechanics

The funded project combines biomechanical modeling and experimental data to study sex-specific differences in temporomandibular disorders.

Funding · Austrian Science Fund (FWF) · October 2025

FFG funds TMD TRACE research on explainable AI for jaw-motion data

TMD TRACE investigates explainable artificial intelligence for clinically relevant analysis of jaw-motion data.

Funding · Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) · June 2025

Ten-year clinical study of monolithic zirconia restorations begins

The clinical study evaluates long-term performance across multiple indications, with complementary micro-CT and materials-testing substudies.

Project · 2025–2035