The ChatGPT, a lite and conversational variant of Generative Pretrained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) developed by OpenAI, is one of the milestone Large Language Models (LLMs) with billions of parameters. LLMs have stirred up much interest among researchers and practitioners in their impressive skills in natural language processing tasks, which profoundly impact various fields. This paper mainly discusses the future applications of LLMs in dentistry. We introduce two primary LLM deployment methods in dentistry, including automated dental diagnosis and cross-modal dental diagnosis, and examine their potential applications. Especially, equipped with a cross-modal encoder, a single LLM can manage multi-source data and conduct advanced natural language reasoning to perform complex clinical operations. We also present cases to demonstrate the potential of a fully automatic Multi-Modal LLM AI system for dentistry clinical application. While LLMs offer significant potential benefits, the challenges, such as data privacy, data quality, and model bias, need further study. Overall, LLMs have the potential to revolutionize dental diagnosis and treatment, which indicates a promising avenue for clinical application and research in dentistry.

翻译：ChatGPT 是OpenAI开发的生成式预训练变换器4（GPT-4）的轻量级对话变体，也是拥有数十亿参数的大语言模型（LLM）的里程碑式成果之一。LLM凭借其在自然语言处理任务中的出色能力引起了研究人员和实践者的广泛兴趣，并对多个领域产生了深远影响。本文主要探讨LLM在牙科领域的未来应用。我们介绍了LLM在牙科中的两种主要部署方式，包括自动化牙科诊断和跨模态牙科诊断，并考察了它们的潜在应用。特别是，配备跨模态编码器的单一LLM能够处理多源数据，并进行高级自然语言推理以执行复杂的临床操作。我们还通过实例展示了全自动多模态LLM人工智能系统在牙科临床应用中的潜力。尽管LLM带来了显著潜在效益，但数据隐私、数据质量和模型偏差等挑战仍需进一步研究。总体而言，LLM有潜力革新牙科诊断和治疗，这为牙科领域的临床应用和研究指明了一条有前景的途径。