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J Dent Educ. 68(3): 378-383 2004
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Journal of Dental Education, Vol 68, Issue 3, 378-383
Copyright © 2004 by American Dental Education Association

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A preliminary study in using virtual reality to train dental students

VR LeBlanc, A Urbankova, F Hadavi, and RM Lichtenthal

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.


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