Simulation in dental medicine: Current state and prospects

Manel Ben Amar 1, Yosra Gassara 2, *, Hajer Hentati 3 and Jamil Selmi 3

1 Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
2 Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Research. Laboratory of Occlusodontics and Ceramic Prostheses LR16ES15, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
3 Faculty of Dental Medicine of Monastir, Oral Health and Oro-Facial Rehabilitation Laboratory Research (LR12ES11), University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia, Dental Clinic of Monastir, Department of Medicine and Oral Surgery, Monastir, Tunisia.
 
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Open Access Research Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports, 2021, 01(01), 038–046.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjmccr.2021.1.1.0028
Publication history: 
Received on 27 February 2021; revised on 05 April 2021; accepted on 08 April 2021
 
Abstract: 
In medicine, dental medicine and health care, the teaching literature is full of teaching strategies, methods and techniques that serve the teaching and learning of future health professionals. Among these strategies and methods, we find the medical simulation which consists in creating the closest possible care environments to clinical reality using natural, physical, computer or electronic equipment. Its aim is to teach technical and non-technical gestures and procedures for which direct teaching is impossible. In dental medicine, simulation is of unequal importance in the training, development and maintenance of the clinical skills of future practitioners. A large number of modalities have been developed for its uses, ranging from the use of natural teeth, phantom head, computer assisted simulation followed by virtual reality simulation with haptic feedback to robotization.
 
Keywords: 
Simulation Training; Education; Dental; Patient Simulation
 
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