Why Dentistry Is Changing Faster Than Ever || ft. Dr Kat

What we covered

• Dr. Kat's path from a childhood full of cavities to 20 years as a general dentist, first qualifying in Ukraine, then requalifying in the UK.
• Why she calls herself "camp AI" and how she sees UK dentistry splitting into two camps right now.
• The exact daily habit she recommends to any clinician who feels overwhelmed by AI — starting as small as asking it what to cook for dinner.
• How she uses AI today: turning consultations that used to take hours into five-minute summaries, sent to patients with video included.
• Where she draws the line — AI can flag a pattern, but the clinical judgment and the conversation with the patient stay hers.
• The emergency-abroad AI protocol she's still working out for patients who have a dental crisis alone, far from home.

Moments worth your time

Asked where UK dentistry stands on AI, Dr. Kat doesn't hedge: "I'm the camp AI." She then lays out the two camps she sees forming in her profession — one leaning in, one "still burying their hand head in the sand."

Her advice to anyone intimidated by the pace of change is deliberately unhurried: "Do not over complicate, simplify — that's the only way forward." She compares building an AI habit to something every dentist already understands: "it's like brushing teeth, right? We don't think about it, you just do it."

She then describes what the payoff actually looks like in her own practice, once documentation stopped eating her day: "I've got extra 10 minutes of my consultation to myself."

Near the end, she draws her line on diagnosis in one clear sentence: "The clinical judgment should stay with the clinician."

In their words

"I'm the lucky person who goes to work and I treat it as a hobby. I really truly love it."

"Start using it more as a partner rather than just a Google — a very, very complex Google."

"For me it's a two thing. It's a calmness and clarity."

Who should watch this

You're a dentist or clinician who's already chatting with AI on your own time but hasn't turned that habit into something that actually saves time in your practice. If you want to hear exactly how one 20-year practitioner turned hours of note-writing into a five-minute routine — and where she still won't let the tool make the call — this one's for you.

Put it to work

Take your next patient consultation and, immediately after, spend under 15 minutes dictating a plain-language summary into an AI chat tool the way Dr. Kat describes — what you discussed, what you'd tell the patient, what happens next. See how close it gets to something you'd actually send. That gap between what it gives you and what you'd sign off on is exactly what a trained workflow closes.

That gap — turning daily chat use into a real documentation workflow — is exactly what a Doctor ChatGPT session is built to close, so you can get Dr. Kat's "extra 10 minutes" back for yourself.