# DANB's May 2025 survey found one in three dental assistants said their practice already uses AI tools; of those, 60% said their practice uses AI for radiography

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250501-dental-assistant-7
Date: 2025-05-01 · Stage: Worker adoption
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## Scope

DANB (Dental Assisting National Board), the US certifying body for dental assistants, states in this article that in a survey it conducted in May 2025 among dental assistants, about one in three respondents said their practice currently uses AI tools in some form; of the practices already using AI, 60% said they had implemented it for radiography specifically. The article separately names radiographs, communication and charting as the most common applications of AI in dentistry in general; it does not present that list as a survey result, and only radiography carries a survey figure. DANB does not disclose a sample size, a response rate, how respondents were selected, or a link to the underlying report -- a related DANB article about an October 2025 summit repeats the one-in-three figure but adds no methodology. The survey's date is given only as May 2025 with no day, so occurredOn is recorded as 1 May 2025. This record is linked only to the records-and-front-desk task, for its charting and communication content; it establishes that a meaningful share of dental assistants report their own practices already running some AI tool, not how much of the recording or front-desk work each practice has moved onto it, and not any change in assistants' numbers or hours.

## Source

- DANB (Dental Assisting National Board) -- How AI is Impacting Dentistry and the Dental Assistant Role — https://www.danb.org/news-blog/detail/certified-press/how-ai-is-impacting-dentistry-and-the-dental-assistant-role (primary source)

## What this means

DANB says about a third of dental assistants' practices have put some AI tool into use, and the article names radiographs, communication and charting as the most common applications of AI in dentistry -- so this is no longer a page with zero observed adoption.

## What it does not show yet

It does not say what share of charting or front-desk work each practice has actually moved onto AI, only that the tool is present somewhere in the practice; it gives no sample size or response rate, and only radiography has a published percentage.

## How to verify it yourself

Ask your own practice whether it has adopted an AI charting, scheduling or imaging tool, and if so, how much of the recording work it actually does versus how much a person still checks or redoes.


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