A review of the use of simulation in dental education

S Perry, SM Bridges, MF Burrow - Simulation in Healthcare, 2015 - journals.lww.com
In line with the advances in technology and communication, medical simulations are being
developed to support the acquisition of requisite psychomotor skills before real-life clinical …

A review of haptic simulator for oral and maxillofacial surgery based on virtual reality

X Chen, J Hu - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Traditional medical training in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) may be
limited by its low efficiency and high price due to the shortage of cadaver resources. With the …

Comparing two whole task patient simulations for two different dental education topics

E McAlpin, M Levine, JL Plass - Learning and Instruction, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigated the effect of two types of whole task patient simulations, role-play and web-
based, on learning outcomes for two topics, local anesthesia and non-surgical extractions, in …

Arrangement of Peri-implant Connective Tissue Fibers Around Platform-Switching Implants with Conical Abutments and Its Relationship to the Underlying Bone: A …

XR Ciurana, ÁN Acedo, X Vela… - … of Periodontics & …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
The objective of this study was to clarify and evaluate the orientation of the collagen fibers
around platform-switching (PS) implants with conical abutments in humans after 8 weeks of …

Haptic, physical, and web-based simulators: are they underused in maxillofacial surgery training?

SG Maliha, JR Diaz-Siso, NM Plana, A Torroni… - Journal of Oral and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Surgical residencies have increasingly incorporated both digital and mannequin
simulation into their training programs. The aim of our review was to identify all digital and …

Instructional design of virtual patients in dental education through a 4C/ID lens: a narrative review

F Janesarvatan, P Van Rosmalen - Journal of Computers in Education, 2024 - Springer
Although VPs have been applied in various medical and dental education programmes, it
remains uncertain whether their design was based on specific instructional design (ID) …

Implementation of a web‐based patient simulation program to teach dental students in oral surgery

CK Weiner, M Skålén, D Harju-Jeanty… - Journal of dental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to evaluate a web‐based simulation of patients (Web‐SP) program
on learning skills in clinical reasoning and patient evaluation in the oral surgery education of …

Virtual reality-based technologies in dental medicine: knowledge, attitudes and practice among students and practitioners

M Sabalic, JD Schoener - Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2017 - Springer
Virtual reality-based technologies have been used in dentistry for almost two decades.
Dental simulators, planning software and CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/computer …

A city‐wide survey of dental students' opinions on undergraduate oral surgery teaching

MÇ Burdurlu, F Cabbar, V Dağaşan… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study aimed to carry out a city‐wide survey to evaluate undergraduate
students' opinions on their oral surgery training by measuring their self‐confidence …

Kobra surgery simulator—a possibility to improve digital teaching? A case-control study

M Buchbender, M Maser, FW Neukam… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Computer-aided simulations have long been of great importance in university teaching;
however, to date, there is limited use of such simulations in the dental surgical sector. For …