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AI fixing dentistry's productivity crisis

Farid Fadaie on Why AI Is Fixing Dentistry’s Hidden Productivity Crisis

Post author:Farid Fadaie
Post published:December 30, 2025
Post category:AI Dentistry
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Dentistry has some of the most advanced clinical technology in healthcare — digital imaging, CAD/CAM, intraoral scanners, and AI-assisted diagnostics. Yet behind the scenes, most dental practices still run on…

AI in dentistry: access and prevention

How AI in Dentistry Is Transforming Access and Prevention

Post author:Farid Fadaie
Post published:September 30, 2025
Post category:AI Dentistry
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Today, Forbes published “AI Meets Oral Health: The Race To Redefine Digital Dentistry,” exploring how AI in dentistry is reshaping patient access, affordability, and prevention. The article highlights innovators like…

Hi, I’m Farid Fadaie, cofounder and CEO of Viva AI. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and build products at the intersection of AI, dental operations, and healthcare.

My path started in engineering and moved into product leadership, company building, and operating dental businesses firsthand. Before Viva AI, I helped build privacy and peer-to-peer products at BitTorrent, led engineering and product teams at scale, and founded or helped grow companies in dental technology, including 2Dental and Soothing Dental.

This site is where I write about AI, dentistry, product, engineering, privacy, and the practical lessons that come from building software for real operations.