KELLS and LIBERTY Dental Plan Leverage AI to Expand Oral Health Access

KELLS, a provider of artificial intelligence-based oral health solutions, has recently announced a collaboration with LIBERTY Dental Plan Northeast. This partnership aims to enhance access to preventive checkups, oral wellness, and education by offering in-home and onsite dental evaluations to underserved community members.

Routine Dental Evaluations

KELLS offers an innovative on-demand dental solution that connects high-risk health plan members with a team of skilled mobile dental professionals, including hygienists and assistants. These providers visit patients at home or arrange community events to provide comprehensive dental screenings, including X-rays, intra-oral photos, virtual exams, and patient reports. Leveraging its proprietary AI technology and remote dentists, KELLS creates risk profiles, identifies treatment needs, and collaborates closely with health plans to facilitate follow-up care with detailed patient records.

Through this partnership, KELLS and LIBERTY Dental Plan Northeast will deliver routine dental evaluations, detect early signs of disease or existing conditions, and continually monitor risks to prevent the development of more severe cases. The collaboration enables health plans to offer essential dental services to individuals who would otherwise lack access.

Increasing Access to Preventative Care

Jie Feng, CEO, and co-founder of KELLS, expressed the company’s mission of improving overall oral health. Feng also praised LIBERTY Dental and expressed enthusiasm to work with them.

“KELLS’ mission is to improve oral health for everyone by increasing access to preventative care, facilitating care navigation, and empowering patients to take actions,” said Jie Feng, CEO, and co-founder of KELLS. 

“With our AI-based technology platform and network of mobile dental providers, we can deliver essential dental services to patients and surface critical insights on both individual and population level. Liberty Dental is a national leader in supporting dental care for vulnerable populations, and we are excited about the joint effort to proactively address risks and reduce costs in a meaningful way.”

Similarly, Anne Weeks, president of the Northeast Region for LIBERTY Dental Plan, also expressed her excitement about partnering with KELLS.

“We are excited to partner with KELLS to bring their cutting-edge technology and services to our underserved community members by focusing on accessibility, education, and improved health outcomes,” said Weeks. 

The partnership between KELLS and LIBERTY Dental Plan represents a significant milestone in the ongoing effort to bring innovative oral health solutions to underserved communities, says a press release. By leveraging KELLS’ AI-enabled platform and expertise in mobile diagnostics and care management, combined with LIBERTY Dental Plan’s experience as a dental benefits administrator, this collaboration aims to bridge gaps in oral healthcare and improve the overall well-being of vulnerable populations.