Learning Clinical Skills Using Haptic vs. Phantom Head Dental Chair Simulators in Removal of Artificial Caries: Cluster-Randomized Trials with Two Cohorts’ Cavity Preparation

San Diego, Jonathan P, Newton, Tim J, Sagoo, Anika K, Aston, Tracy-Ann, Banerjee, Avijit, Quinn, Barry FA ORCID: 0000-0002-9058-3849 and Cox, Margaret J (2022) Learning Clinical Skills Using Haptic vs. Phantom Head Dental Chair Simulators in Removal of Artificial Caries: Cluster-Randomized Trials with Two Cohorts’ Cavity Preparation. Dentistry Journal, 10 (11). p. 198.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj10110198

Abstract

<jats:p>Dental task trainer simulators using haptics (virtual touch) offers a cost-effective method of teaching certain clinical skills. The purpose of this study is to evaluate students’ performance in removing artificial caries after training with either a haptic dental chair simulator with virtual reality or a traditional dental chair simulator with a mannequin head. Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials in two cohorts, both Year 1 dental students. Students taught using traditional dental chair simulators were compared with students taught using haptic-based simulators on their ability to cut a cavity in a plastic tooth following training. Across both cohorts, there was no difference in the quality of cavity cut, though students’ technique differed across the two simulator groups in some respects. No difference was seen across both cohorts in the quality of cavity cut for a simple preparation, though students in the haptic condition performed less well in the more demanding task. Moreover, students in the haptic group were also less likely to be perceived to be ‘holding the instrument appropriately’. These findings suggest further investigation is needed into the differences in handling of instruments and level of clinical task difficulty between the simulators.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	haptics, simulation, dental-task trainer, virtual reality, dental education
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences > School of Dentistry
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2022 07:42
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 19:49
DOI:	10.3390/dj10110198
Open Access URL:	https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/10/11/198/htm
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3165736