1Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Banglore-560054
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Industrial Design, Faculty of Art and Design, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Banglore-560054
*Corresponding Author E-Mail: nature79gali@gmail.com
Online published on 18 January, 2019.
As dentistry is a skilled profession, tactile skills of a dentist play an obvious role in delivering dental treatment to the patients. One of the current trends in dental education is to empower dental students on a global platform using advanced technology. The technology of haptic is known to provide a unique experience of a sense of touch either as tactile or kinesthetic to the user. The force feedback system in a haptic device can offer “a clinician in training” to feel the “tissues” during pre-clinical procedures before working on real patients. This paper focuses on how virtual simulators with haptic technology can play a role in bridging the gap in dental education.
Haptic Technology, Dental Education, Force Feedback, Virtual Simulators. Virtual Reality
