American Academy of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry®
2027 Annual Meeting
From Innovation to Implementation: Advancing the Clinical, Scientific, and Economic Case for AI in Dentistry
Registration is now open — early-bird rates through January 31, 2027
Opening Program
Welcome & Keynote
AA
7:00 AM
On-Site Registration (Subject to Availability) and Networking Time
AA
8:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
American Academy of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry
8:05 AM
Owais A. Farooqi, DDS, MDS, MPH, FACHE
“Intelligence Arrives: How AI Is Reshaping Dentistry and What Comes Next for Us”
Opening Presidential Keynote • President, American Academy of Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
8:30 AM
Kristi Soileau, DDS, MEd, MSHCE, FACD, FICD
Guest of Honor Remarks
President-elect, American Academy of Periodontology • Clinical Associate Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center
🇺🇸 New Orleans, Louisiana
Session I
AI in Clinical Care: What Is Changing Now
Track Lead: Sanjay M. Mallya, BDS, MDS, PhD
8:37 AM
Rellyca Sola Gracea
“From Radiographic Findings to Structured Diagnostic Intelligence”
KU Leuven
🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium
9:02 AM
Dhanaporn Papasratorn
“From Diagnostic Imaging to the Intelligent Virtual Patient”
9:27 AM
Reinhilde Jacobs, DDS, MSc, PhD
“From Patient-Specific Modelling to Intelligent Treatment Planning”
Full Professor, KU Leuven
🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium
Session II
AI in Practice & Enterprise Dentistry: From Adoption to Scale
Track Lead: Seth Gibree, DMD, FAGD
10:15 AM
Seth Gibree, DMD, FAGD
“Scaling Clinical AI: Lessons from a National DSO”
Senior Director of Clinical AI and Innovation, Heartland Dental
🇺🇸 United States
10:35 AM
Adam Foresman, MSc, MBA
Regulations in Dental AI
10:55 AM
Rachel Sanner, RDA, SOA
“Connected Practice: Aligning AI, Teams, and Patient Trust”
🇺🇸 United States
11:15 AM
Niklas Virta
“What Worked and What Did Not Work When Using AI Solutions in a Large DSO”
CEO, Aqua Dental
🇸🇪 Sweden
Special Session
AI Standards Update
11:45 AM
Aarthi Shanmugavel
“Inside the AI Standards Shaping Dentistry’s Future”
Director, ADA Standards Program, American Dental Association
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois
Session III
AI Research & Education: Building the Evidence, Preparing the Profession
Track Lead: Faraz Moharrami, DDS, PhD
VV
1:15 PM
Vidhya Venkateswaran, BDS, MPH, PhD
“From Records to Results: How Big Data and AI Serve the Clinic and the Science”
Chief Data Scientist, Office of Data Science and Evolving Technologies (DataSET), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health
🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland
1:45 PM
Jay S. Patel, BDS, MS, PhD
“Before the First Symptom: How AI Finds High-Risk Patients Hiding in Your Records”
Assistant Professor of Health Informatics and Dentistry, Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2:10 PM
Sanjay M. Mallya, BDS, MDS, PhD
“AI in Dental Radiology: Lessons from Teaching, Research, and Clinical Practice”
UCLA School of Dentistry
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California
Session IV
The Future of Dentistry: Innovation, Intelligence & What Comes Next
Track Lead: Mark Whitefield, DDS, FAGD
3:30 PM
Mark Whitefield, DDS, FAGD
“Optical AI Systems: The Next Frontier in Dentistry”
🇺🇸 United States
3:55 PM
Miguel Roig
“AI in Restorative Care: Toward Intelligent, Precision Dentistry”
Full Professor of Restorative Dentistry, UIC Barcelona
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain
4:20 PM
Michael M. Bornstein, Dr. med. dent.
“The AI-Augmented Dento-Maxillofacial Radiologist: Utopia or Dystopia?”
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Health & Medicine, University of Basel
🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland
The Academy is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider, and continuing education credit will be available for the meeting program.
This preliminary program is subject to change; speakers, titles, and times may be revised as the program is finalized. Poster sessions, exhibits, and networking details will be announced in due course.