RESUMO
This study compared virtual reality simulator-enhanced training with laboratory-only practice on the development of dental technical skills. Sixty-eight students were randomly assigned to practice their skills in either a traditional preclinical dentistry laboratory or in combination with a virtual reality simulator. The results indicate that students who trained with the virtual reality simulator between six and ten hours improved significantly more than did the students in the control group from the first examination of the year to the final examination of the year. These results indicate that the use of virtual reality simulators holds promise for the training of future dentists. Additional research is necessary to determine the ideal implementation of virtual reality simulators into traditional dentistry curricula.
Assuntos
Simulação por Computador , Instrução por Computador/métodos , Dentística Operatória/educação , Educação em Odontologia/métodos , Interface Usuário-Computador , Competência Clínica , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Projetos Piloto , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Estados UnidosRESUMO
For many years, it has been assumed that amalgam restorations posses an acceptable seal at the margins. Indeed, this assumption would appear to be a fundamental requirement for all dental restorations in an oral environment