How valuable are the questions and answers generated by large language models in oral and maxillofacial surgery?
This study demonstrates that while LLMs like ChatGPT4, ChatGPT4o, and Claude3-Opus exhibit robust capabilities in generating and solving oral and maxillofacial surgery questions, their performance is not without limitations. None of the models were able to answer correctly all the questions they generated themselves, highlighting persistent challenges such as AI hallucinations and contextual understanding gaps. The results also emphasize the importance of multimodal inputs, as questions with annotated images achieved higher accuracy rates compared to text-only prompts. Despite these shortcomings, the LLMs showed significant promise in problem-solving, logical consistency, and response fidelity, particularly in structured or numerical contexts.
Authors
- Kyu Hyung Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-5926)
- Bong-Chul Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2824-0439)
- Kwang Gi Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9714-6038)
- Young Jae Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-5797)
- Sae Byeol Mun
Institutions
- Gachon University (KR)
- Gachon University Gil Medical Center (KR)
- Wonkwang University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322529
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.96
Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea