Publications

MetaDent: Labeling Clinical Images for Vision-Language Models in Dentistry.
Meng-Xun Li, Wen-Hui Deng, Zhi-Xing Wu, Chun-Xiao Jin, Jia-Min Wu, Yue Han, James Kit Hon Tsoi, Gui-Song Xia, Cui Huang;
Journal of Dental Research (2026)
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High-Fidelity 3D Imaging of Dental Scenes Using Gaussian Splatting.
C-X Jin, M-X Li, H Yu, Y Gao, Y-P Guo, G-S Xia, C Huang;
Journal of Dental Research (2025)
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Learning from Unlabeled Photographs for General Oral Image Analysis.
Zhong-Shi Zhang, Zi-Li Yu, Xiao Xiao, Huan Liu, Gui-Song Xia, Cui Huang, Meng-Xun Li;
arXiv preprint arXiv:2611.04709 (2026)
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Intensity Field Decomposition for Tissue-Guided Neural Tomography.
Meng-Xun Li, Jin-Gang Yu, Yuan Gao, Cui Huang, Gui-Song Xia;
arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.00900 (2024)
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Temporomandibular joint segmentation in MRI images using deep learning.
Mengxun Li, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Paul W Major, Lawrence H Le, Kim-Cuong T Nguyen, Camila Pacheco-Pereira, Neelambar R Kaipatur, Brian Nebbe, Jacob L Jaremko, Fabiana T Almeida;
Journal of Dentistry (2022)
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Application of deep learning in isolated tooth identification.
Meng-Xun Li, Zhi-Wei Wang, Xin-Ran Chen, Gui-Song Xia, Yong Zheng, Cui Huang, Zhi Li;
BMC Oral Health (2024)
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Automated integration of facial and intra-oral images of anterior teeth.
Mengxun Li, Xiangyang Xu, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Lawrence H. Le, Neelambar Kaipatur, Bin Shi;
Computers in Biology and Medicine (2020)
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DentalGEN: a large-scale controllable generative AI framework for automated dental crown restoration.
Jiamin Wu, Ying Liu, Yanning Chen, Yuqiang Zhang, Jiaying Gu, Yuan Liu, Mengxun Li, Wenping Wang, Yuanfei Fu, Zhiming Cui, James Kit Hon Tsoi, Dinggang Shen;
npj Digital Medicine (2026)
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Periodontal Measurement Accuracy and Reliability Using Intraoral Ultrasound.
J. Wang, K.C.T. Nguyen, L. Graf-Alexiou, T.H. Hoang, L. Kumaralingam, M. Li, T.G. La, N.R. Kaipatur, E.H.M. Lou, P.W. Major, L.H. Le;
Journal of Dental Research (2026)
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Classification and treatment strategies for condylar fractures in children.
Meng-Xun Li, Xin Xing, Zu-Bing Li, Zhi Li;
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2020)
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Three-dimensional periodontal investigations using a prototype handheld ultrasound scanner with spatial positioning reading sensor.
Radu Chifor, Mengxun Li, Kim-Cuong T Nguyen, Tudor Arsenescu, Ioana Chifor, Alexandru Florin Badea, Mindra Eugenia Badea, Mircea Hotoleanu, Paul W Major, Lawrence H Le;
Medical ultrasonography (2021)
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Automated Pediatric TMJ articular disk identification and displacement classification in MRI with machine learning.
Roxana Azma, Abhilash Hareendranathan, Mengxun Li, Phu Nguyen, Assefa Wahd, Jacob L. Jaremko, Fabiana T. Almeida;
Journal of Dentistry (2025)
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Effect of two-step mock-up methods on the trueness of complete-arch trial restorations: an in vitro study.
Chunxiao Jin, Weiwei Huang, Liya Ma, Yueli Zhou, Mengxun Li, Yake Wang, Cui Huang;
BMC Oral Health (2025)
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Influence of short-span scans on trueness in the digital transfer of the maxillomandibular relationship.
Chunxiao Jin, Jiakang Zhu, Mengxun Li, Liya Ma, Annikaer Anniwaer, Siyang Chen, Cui Huang;
Journal of Dentistry (2024)
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Localization of Cementoenamel Junction in Intraoral Ultrasonographs with Machine Learning.
Kim-Cuong T. Nguyen, Binh M. Le, Mengxun Li, Fabiana T. Almeida, Paul W. Major, Neelambar R. Kaipatur, Edmond H.M. Lou, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Lawrence H. Le;
Journal of Dentistry (2021)
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Instrumental and visual evaluation of the color adjustment potential of a recently introduced single-shade composite resin versus multishade composite resins.
Jiakang Zhu, Yue Xu, Mengxun Li, Cui Huang;
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry (2023)
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Accuracy of intraoral ultrasound to evaluate alveolar bone level: an ex vivo study in human cadavers.
Claudiu Corbea, Lawrence H Le, Neelambar R Kaipatur, Mengxun Li, Kim Cuong Nguyen, Giseon Heo, Carlos Alberto Figueredo, Paul W Major, Fabiana T Almeida;
Oral radiology (2024)
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