Singapore, May 12 -- The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Prince Philip Dental Hospital (PPDH) have jointly launched an artificial intelligence (AI) clinic dedicated to patients with oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD).

This initiative aims to advance the prevention and early detection of oral cancer. As the world's first of its kind, this AI clinic commenced as a new medical service at PPDH in April 2025.

The AI clinic is equipped with an AI-based web tool called 'OralCancerPredict', developed by the research team at the HKU Faculty of Dentistry in 2021. This tool serves as a decision-support system to guide clinical treatment recommendati...