Virtual dental surgery as a new educational tool in dental school

Medical online consultation service regarding maxillofacial surgery

“…Teleconsultations between doctors have happened for years and can contribute to a quality improvement of surgical results but telemedical patient and health professional interaction is a new feature of craniomaxillofacial surgery (Ewers et al, 2005). In craniomaxillofacial surgery interactive e-learning modules have been established recently with the goal of complementing student lectures and increasing learning effectiveness (Meckfessel et al, 2011;Pohlenz et al, 2010). At the University of Zurich a course in "Clinical Telemedicine and eHealth" was developed for medical and dental medical students and included in the curriculum in autumn 2008.…”

A review of computer-aided oral and maxillofacial surgery: planning, simulation and navigation

“…Konukseven et al (2010) developed a Vision-Haptic Device Integrated Dental Training Simulation System for simulating basic dental operations such as the diagnosis of caries and drilling [24]. Pohlenz et al (2010) described a new educational tool called Voxel-Man simulator that was originally designed for dental school [25]. The feedback from students involved in the pilot-test indicated that the force feedback, spatial 3D perception, and image resolution of the simulator were sufficient for virtual training of dental surgical procedures.…”

Virtual reality for medical training: the state-of-the-art

“…However, its application to the simulation of dental surgery has been well received (Pohlenz et al, 2010). VoxelMan Virtual uses a selection of 3D models of the skull base, derived from high-resolution CT data.…”

“…The simulator provides feedback including a list of objects that have been mistakenly touched and the entire procedure can be recorded. Recently, Pohlenz et al (2010) found that in a study of 53 dental students, 51 recommended the Voxel-Man simulation as an additional modality in dental education. Forty-three reported that the force feedback was good or very good, and 46 thought that the 3D spatial perception was good or very good (Pohlenz et al, 2010).…”