Does Medical Mode handle dental terminology and tooth numbering?

Yes — it targets clinical vocabulary broadly; add tooth-numbering and procedure terms via keyterms to sharpen dental accuracy.

Can it run chairside in real time during a dental exam?

Yes, on Universal-3.5 Pro Realtime at ~150ms P50 latency.

How do I improve accuracy on specific procedures?

Pass them in keyterms_prompt — e.g., occlusal, composite restoration, #14.

Is dental patient data protected and BAA-eligible?

AssemblyAI is a business associate under HIPAA and signs a standard BAA; PHI redaction; SOC 2 Type 2.

How much does dental transcription with Medical Mode cost?

$0.15/hr add-on on top of Universal-3.5 Pro.

Dental

Documentation that speaks dental

Tooth numbering, procedure codes, and dental terminology trip up general transcription. Universal-3.5 Pro with Medical Mode captures the clinical vocabulary of the operatory, so chart notes and treatment plans start accurate. One parameter, async or chairside realtime.

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The same medical entity accuracy, applied to dental terminology

Missed Entity Rate 3.2%

Missed Entity Rate on clinical conversations with Medical Mode.

vs. Universal-3 Pro ~20%

Fewer missed medical entities than Universal-3 Pro alone.

vs. base model 87%

Fewer medical entity errors than the base model.

Benchmarked providers #1

Lowest Missed Entity Rate vs. Deepgram, Speechmatics, AWS, and Google.

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Activation

Tune to dental vocabulary

Pass operatory vocabulary as keyterms — tooth numbers, surfaces, procedures — one parameter, no model swap.

import assemblyai as aai

aai.settings.api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

# Dental: tooth numbering, procedures, materials
config = aai.TranscriptionConfig(
    speech_models=["universal-3-5-pro", "universal-2"],
    domain="medical-v1",
    keyterms_prompt=["distal", "occlusal", "composite restoration", "#14"],
)

transcript = aai.Transcriber().transcribe("./dental-exam.wav", config)
print(transcript.text)

Dental terminology

Surfaces, tooth numbers, and procedure terms captured for accurate chart notes.

Universal-3.5 Pro

Chairside or recorded

Stream during the exam or transcribe recordings; robust on operatory audio.

Universal-3.5 Pro Realtime

Private by default

PHI redaction, BAA available, SOC 2 Type 2.

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Common questions

: Yes — it targets clinical vocabulary broadly; add tooth-numbering and procedure terms via keyterms to sharpen dental accuracy.
: Yes, on Universal-3.5 Pro Realtime at ~150ms P50 latency.
: Pass them in keyterms_prompt — e.g., occlusal, composite restoration, #14.
: AssemblyAI is a business associate under HIPAA and signs a standard BAA; PHI redaction; SOC 2 Type 2.
: $0.15/hr add-on on top of Universal-3.5 Pro.
: Add domain: "medical-v1".

Try Medical Mode free on your audio

Run your own operatory audio through Medical Mode in the playground — one parameter, no model swap. Free to start, no credit card required.

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