Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2010 Dec;38(8):560-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.02.011. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
The virtual environment of the Voxel-Man simulator that was originally designed for virtual surgical procedures of the middle ear has been adapted to intraoral procedures. To assess application of the simulator to dentistry, virtual apicectomies were chosen as the pilot-test model.
A group of 53 dental students provided their impressions after virtual simulation of apicectomies in the Voxel-Man simulator.
Fifty-one of the 53 students recommended the virtual simulation as an additional modality in dental education. The students indicated that the force feedback (e.g. simulation of haptic pressure), spatial 3D perception, and image resolution of the simulator were sufficient for virtual training of dental surgical procedures.
The feedback from dental students involved in this pilot-test has encouraged our interdisciplinary group to continue further development of the simulator with the goal of creating new training strategies in dental and medical education.
最初为中耳虚拟手术设计的 Voxel-Man 模拟器的虚拟环境已被改编为口腔内手术。为了评估模拟器在牙科中的应用,选择虚拟根尖切除术作为试点模型。
一组 53 名牙科学生在 Voxel-Man 模拟器中进行虚拟根尖切除术模拟后提供了他们的反馈。
53 名学生中有 51 名推荐将虚拟模拟作为牙科教育的附加模式。学生们表示,模拟器的力反馈(例如触觉压力的模拟)、空间 3D 感知和图像分辨率足以进行牙科手术的虚拟培训。
参与这项试点测试的牙科学生的反馈鼓励我们的跨学科团队继续开发模拟器,目标是在牙科和医学教育中创建新的培训策略。