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Article

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

by
Jonathan P. San Diego
1,*,
Tim J. Newton
1,
Anika K. Sagoo
1,
Tracy-Ann Aston
1,
Avijit Banerjee
1,
Barry F. A. Quinn
2 and
Margaret J. Cox
1
1
Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
2
Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Dent. J. 2022, 10(11), 198; https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10110198
Submission received: 23 September 2022 / Revised: 13 October 2022 / Accepted: 18 October 2022 / Published: 24 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Topic Digital Dentistry)
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Abstract

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.
Keywords: haptics; simulation; dental-task trainer; virtual reality; dental education haptics; simulation; dental-task trainer; virtual reality; dental education

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San Diego, J.P.; Newton, T.J.; Sagoo, A.K.; Aston, T.-A.; Banerjee, A.; Quinn, B.F.A.; Cox, M.J. Learning Clinical Skills Using Haptic vs. Phantom Head Dental Chair Simulators in Removal of Artificial Caries: Cluster-Randomized Trials with Two Cohorts’ Cavity Preparation. Dent. J. 2022, 10, 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10110198

AMA Style

San Diego JP, Newton TJ, Sagoo AK, Aston T-A, Banerjee A, Quinn BFA, Cox MJ. 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. 2022; 10(11):198. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10110198

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San Diego, Jonathan P., Tim J. Newton, Anika K. Sagoo, Tracy-Ann Aston, Avijit Banerjee, Barry F. A. Quinn, and Margaret J. Cox. 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, no. 11: 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10110198

APA Style

San Diego, J. P., Newton, T. J., Sagoo, A. K., Aston, T.-A., Banerjee, A., Quinn, B. F. A., & Cox, M. 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), 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10110198

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