A multimodal dental dataset facilitating machine learning research and clinic services

Oral diseases affect nearly 3.5 billion people, with the majority residing in low- and middle-income countries. Due to limited healthcare resources, many individuals are unable to access proper oral healthcare services. Image-based machine learning technology is one of the most promising approaches to improving oral healthcare services and reducing patient costs. Openly accessible datasets play a crucial role in facilitating the development of machine learning techniques. However, existing dental datasets have limitations such as a scarcity of Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) data, lack of matched multi-modal data, and insufficient complexity and diversity of the data. This project addresses these challenges by providing a dataset that includes 329 CBCT images from 169 patients, multi-modal data with matching modalities, and images representing various oral health conditions.