Developing haptic caries simulation for dental education

Six Degree-of Freedom Haptic Rendering for Dental Implantology Simulation

Training systems for dental implantology that are based on virtual reality need a precise haptic feedback with six Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) This is particularly challenging when using real patient data for the jawbone and during the interactive simulation of drilling. In this paper, we present our simulator and two complementary contributions: The first one is a method for 6DoF haptic renderin...

Developing explanatory models of health inequalities in childhood dental caries.

OBJECTIVE Long-term aim is to determine optimum interventions to reduce dental caries in children in disadvantaged communities and minimise the effects of exclusion from health care systems, of ethnic diversity, and health inequalities. DESIGN Generation of initial explanatory models, study protocol and development of two standardised measures. First, to investigate how parental attitudes may...

Dental caries.

Dental caries.

Dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases afflicting mankind. It reached a peak in the 1950s but has been declining drastically in recent years in children and young adults. This article describes the three contributing factors in dental caries: microbial plaque, tooth susceptibility, and diet, and discusses practical preventive measures which help to reduce caries incidence. Some of ...

Development of a visio-haptic integrated dental training simulation system.

The use of haptic devices in the medical field has become widespread in the last decade. In this study, a visio-haptic dental training system is developed using haptic and stereoscopic devices. Several advantages are offered by such a simulation system, including effective learning without any fear of making mistakes on a patient, possibility of repeating various dental operations, ease of eval...