Potential for computer and optical videodisk technology in dental education.

Dental education relies heavily on the use of color slides in the process of instruction. In fact, it is estimated that 300,000 slides are produced yearly for this purpose by all the dental schools in the country. This article describes how the wedding of computer and videodisk technology can create a powerful tool for managing a vast amount of visual information (54,000 slides) and an innovative means for providing instruction.