Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applied in dentistry

Ta-Ko Huang; Chi-Hsun Yang; Yu-Hsin Hsieh; Jen-Chyan Wang; Chun-Cheng Hung

doi:10.1016/j.kjms.2018.01.009

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applied in dentistry

Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2018 Apr;34(4):243-248. doi: 10.1016/j.kjms.2018.01.009.

Authors

Ta-Ko Huang¹, Chi-Hsun Yang², Yu-Hsin Hsieh³, Jen-Chyan Wang⁴, Chun-Cheng Hung⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan.
³ Department of Business Administration, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, USA; Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Prosthodontics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Prosthodontics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: chuchh@kmu.edu.tw.

PMID: 29655414
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2018.01.009

Abstract

The OSCE is a reliable evaluation method to estimate the preclinical examination of dental students. The most ideal assessment for OSCE is used the augmented reality simulator to evaluate. This literature review investigated a recently developed in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) starting of the dental history to the progress of the dental skill. As result of the lacking of technology, it needs to depend on other device increasing the success rate and decreasing the risk of the surgery. The development of tracking unit changed the surgical and educational way. Clinical surgery is based on mature education. VR and AR simultaneously affected the skill of the training lesson and navigation system. Widely, the VR and AR not only applied in the dental training lesson and surgery, but also improved all field in our life.

Keywords: Augmented reality; Dental simulator; Dentistry; OSCE; Virtual reality.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Academic Performance / statistics & numerical data
Computer Simulation
Dentistry / methods*
Education, Dental / methods*
Humans
Students, Dental
Teaching*
Virtual Reality*