alt Hacker NewsMan marketing really screwed a great engineered product.
4k resolution mouth camera?? That's why we go to a dentist every 6 months because I wouldnt know wtf im looking at.
"Oh there's that canker sore I feel. Huh, at least I can see it"
Bruh, you don't need a camera for gap detection. Just stick an IR sensor, detect change in light. Boom, $0.05.
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Bit off topic, but if you suffer from canker sores, SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) is a known contributor to that in some people (me included).
It's a bit hard to find toothpastes without it that aren't also fluoride free, but they exist.
Presumably AI is going to process the images and detect issues and suspicious changes.
On paper it looks like a solid application of vision models.
>I wouldnt know wtf im looking at.
The camera is for the ai: "Dyson's Gap Optical Targeting™ prevents plaque formation by detecting the gaps and jetting between teeth every time you brush.²"
dentists made up the 6 month rule. There's no evidence that it improves outcomes, for most people with healthy teeth, 24 months is fine:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7701991/