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Original ResearchPublished 16 September 2026Development and application of a standardized teaching assessment system for digital automated oral implantation planning skills: a randomized controlled pilot trialShi Li · Kegui Hou · Yi Zhang · Wenting Wang · Zichuan Liu · Hongli Zhang · Zhaofeng MaFrontiers in Oral Healthdoi 10.3389/froh.2026.1892776
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Original ResearchPublished 9 September 2026Multi-stage generative enhancement and foundation model framework for automated dental implant identification: assessing the preprocessing paradoxVeena Benakatti · Ramesh P. Nayakar · Mallikarjun AnandhalliFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1911640
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