Digitally Augmented Learning in Implant Dentistry

Mark Durham; Benjamin Engel; Thomas Ferrill; Jaron Halford; Tejinder P Singh; Michael Gladwell

doi:10.1016/j.coms.2019.03.003

Digitally Augmented Learning in Implant Dentistry

Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Aug;31(3):387-398. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 May 29.

Authors

Mark Durham¹, Benjamin Engel², Thomas Ferrill³, Jaron Halford⁴, Tejinder P Singh⁵, Michael Gladwell⁶

Affiliations

¹ Section Head of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Utah, 530 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA. Electronic address: mark.durham@hsc.utah.edu.
² School of Dentistry, University of Utah, 530 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
³ Marriott Library, University of Utah, 295 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0868, USA.
⁴ Clinical Operations and Performance, School of Dentistry, University of Utah, 530 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
⁵ Family and Preventative Medicine, University of Utah, 530 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
⁶ Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Utah, 530 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.

PMID: 31153725
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2019.03.003

Abstract

The economic forces in the dental education industry yield a high cost for a dental degree, yet the financial return for this education yields a small margin above the costs for this degree. Industries with unfavorable return to investment ratios tend to be vulnerable to changes. Productive technologies are emerging that may be useful in improving the return to investment ratios in dental education. Virtual reality and online learning provide productive value that could be useful to the dental education industry. A description and use cases of virtual reality in dental implantology education are provided.

Keywords: Augmented reality; Mixed reality; Online learning; Virtual reality.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Dental Implants*
Dentistry
Education, Dental / methods*
Humans
Virtual Reality*

Substances

Dental Implants