Issue #1 · Preview: Pearl’s 3D product is live, Videa links to the lab, and one ADA-aligned question before your next demo.

CBCT AI leaves the lab, and the front desk should care

Welcome to The AI Operatory — a short weekly brief for dental practice owners and office managers.

Three parts, every week: what changed, what to ignore, one thing to try.

What changed

1) Pearl put FDA-cleared CBCT AI into general dentists’ hands (Sep 3, 2026)
Pearl commercially launched Second Opinion 3D in the US and Canada.
→ hellopearl.com news

2) Videa + Dandy: clinical AI meeting the lab (Oct 2, 2026)
Dentaltown reported Videa partnering with digital lab Dandy.
→ Dentaltown

3) Voice charting keeps expanding (Aug 17, 2026+)
Overjet Voice hard tissue + perio charting; multi-office rollouts continuing.
→ overjet.com

What to ignore

Another “ChatGPT will replace your hygienist” thread. Also park DSO-only scoreboard news unless it changes a tool a 1–4 doctor practice can buy this quarter.

One thing to try before Monday

Before your next AI vendor demo, ask:

1. How does your imaging AI get validated against an independent dataset — not only your own?
2. Show me the path from finding → chart note → claim documentation in our PMS — who clicks what?

ADA AI standards refs:
→ ada.org — AI in dentistry

— The AI Operatory
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