Dzyuba Nikita, Jandu Jai, Yates Julian, Kushnerev Evgeny
Division of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2022 Nov 6. doi: 10.1111/eje.12871.
Virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) are becoming established technologies with a wide range of possibilities in various academic fields, including dentistry. The practice of dentistry encompasses a spectrum of skills and knowledge of anatomy, complex technical and clinical skills and sound academic understanding. This review aims to scope the current use of these technologies in dental education, explore their impact on teaching and learning and envisage their potential in this field.
The Cochrane Library, PubMed and EMBASE were searched. Cochrane Handbook was used to conduct this systematic review. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied; randomised control trials published in English in the last 10 years (2010-2020) were considered and screened independently by two authors.
Fourteen of 524 studies were included and assessed. The majority of articles describing the use of VR/AR focused on an Undergraduate/General Dental Practitioner audience. Its use in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Endodontics and Restorative dentistry was also described. There is evidence of motor skill acquisition using these systems which is comparative to that of traditional methods.
The use of VR/AR is well established in dental education; most applications relate to undergraduate education as a useful adjunct to dental training. In this article, the breadth of learning in dental education using VR/AR was exploited providing an overview to aid dental education. VR/AR is a useful adjunct to conventional learning in dentistry. However, there are limitations preventing VR/AR widespread use and applications, such as lack of trials, standardisation and accreditation of systems/content.
虚拟现实和增强现实（VR/AR）正在成为成熟的技术，在包括牙科在内的各个学术领域都有广泛的可能性。牙科实践涵盖了解剖学的一系列技能和知识、复杂的技术和临床技能以及扎实的学术理解。本综述旨在审视这些技术在牙科教育中的当前应用，探讨它们对教学和学习的影响，并设想它们在该领域的潜力。
检索了考克兰图书馆、PubMed和EMBASE。使用考克兰手册进行本系统综述。应用了纳入和排除标准；考虑并由两位作者独立筛选过去10年（2010 - 2020年）以英文发表的随机对照试验。
纳入并评估了524项研究中的14项。大多数描述VR/AR应用的文章针对的是本科/普通牙科从业者群体。还描述了其在口腔颌面外科、牙髓病学和修复牙科中的应用。有证据表明使用这些系统可获得运动技能，且与传统方法相当。
VR/AR在牙科教育中的应用已得到充分确立；大多数应用与本科教育相关，是牙科培训的有用辅助手段。在本文中，利用了VR/AR在牙科教育中的广泛学习内容，提供了一个概述以辅助牙科教育。VR/AR是牙科传统学习的有用辅助手段。然而，存在一些限制因素阻碍了VR/AR的广泛使用和应用，例如缺乏试验、系统/内容的标准化和认证。
