DDH founder and CEO Her Soo-bok speaks to The Korea Times at his clinic in Seoul, Monday. Courtesy of DDH
This is the second in a series of interviews with the heads of promising startups that are pioneers of their respective fields and seek to go public in the near future. — ED.
Few patients readily accept being told they have four cavities, need a root canal and must have a tooth extracted. Their first response is often skepticism: Can I trust the dentist’s judgment? Is all that treatment really necessary?
DDH, a Korean dental artificial intelligence (AI) startup, believes technology can help bridge that trust gap — a challenge the company says extends well beyond Korea.
"The industry's biggest pain point, both in Korea and abroad, is patients' distrust of dentists," DDH founder and CEO Her Soo-bok told The Korea Times in an interview, Monday.
