This digitally augmented learning strategy in implant dentistry allows dental schools to drastically lower educational costs and time spent learning. Dentistry is characteristically a hands-on skill, and VR allows for continuous tracking of hand movements with sub-millimeter accuracy of hand movement during practical learning.
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Mark Durham at the School of Dentistry is incorporating the exciting world of virtual and augmented realities into teaching and researches their impact on learning and making better humans.
DR. Mark Durham invites you to imagine new learning models at the School of Dentistry.
How is the University of Utah disrupting education/healthcare? In the last 6 months, we created “x-ray glasses” using augmented reality in surgery, and we disseminated “hands-on” surgical simulation to the University of Utah and in India.
Dentistry as a field has been making major strides—thanks to technology that allows for new techniques and increased understanding. However, things have not progressed as quickly when it comes to training new dentists. There is only so much that a student can learn about practical dentistry from reading books or listening to lectures. Hands-on education, […]
Faculty members of University of Utah and National Dental College jointly hosted a 3 days training on Augmented Reality on Implants.
TJ Ferrill, assistant head of Creative Spaces, along with other staff members, have been working with assistant professor Mark Durham, DMD, on exploring dental and medical projects involving augmented reality and 3-D scanning and printing