UCrest Berhad and MDC Asia Link Berhad have signed the Business Partnership Agreement to digitalize with Artificial
Intelligence and Internet of Medical Things the dental clinic chain owned by MDC.
MDC currently has 25 dental clinics largely in Klang Valley area, is one of the largest dental clinic chains in the country, with special focus on paediatric dental care for children in addition to its general dentistry and orthodontic services. The environment of the clinics is designed to be conducive to children with colourful settings and play areas, and the dentist and nurses are specially trained to handle children on the dental chairs.
The objective of the partnership the parties said was to take the standard of care in the dental industry to the next level, provide the patients with the highest level of care. MDC will adopt the iMedic™ platform as the Clinic Management System (“CMS”). Dental care is a lifelong process that requires attentive management to have good dental health throughout. iMedic™ will be used to manage the patients where they are empowered with the mobile app allowing them to track the related vital signs, biomarkers and lifestyle that can affect the oral health and manage their dental care plan. All medical records including x-ray images will be uploaded and accessible by the patients any time, any place.
When one has diabetes, the body tends to make less saliva—which means less protection. Diabetes can also increase the amount of glucose in your saliva, leading to more bacterial growth and plaque build-up. These tissues can lead to gum diseases if not properly managed. On the other hand, infections from untreated periodontal disease can cause the blood sugar to rise and make it harder to control diabetes.
3D printing is transforming the dental industry by providing enhanced precision, faster production times, customization, improved patient communication, cost-effectiveness, and advancement in implant dentistry. MDC said it will adopt the use of 3D printing in the clinics to provide higher quality dental products to its customers. The machine learning of AI technologies in iMedic™ would help to analyze and diagnose images easily and more accurately.
MDC intends to deploy fundus camera with AILab from UCrest in the clinics connecting to ophthalmologist to provide non-invasion diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy so that patients can seek diabetic treatment while treating the periodontal diseases.
