Dental Education in the Time of Covid-19: Impact, Emerging Technologies and Trends

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 202 - 207, 18.05.2022

Zuhal Çayırtepe , Figen Çizmeci Şenel

https://doi.org/10.54617/adoklinikbilimler.1076749

Abstract

Dental education requires students to acquire a certain skill set in addition to academic-based theoretical education. Changes in the education method, during the Covid-19 pandemic, have had different effects on dentistry students. The e-learning method offers advantages such as removing physical limits and supporting self-learning and creativity. However, clinical learning of dental education and the psychological state of the students affected negatively all around the world. Digital Simulation Technologies (DSTs) including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and haptic simulation, have been a valuable resource coping with adverse situations in dental education due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. DSTs need to be developed in the future on finger support, tactile sensation, force feedback, high screen resolution, depth perception in stereoscopic images, accurate deformation simulation, different training difficulty levels, big data technology in dental skills training.

Keywords

Dental education, augmented reality, virtual reality, haptic simulation, Covid-19

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Covid-19 Sürecinde Diş Hekimliği Eğitimi: Etkisi, Gelişen Teknolojiler ve Eğilimler

Abstract

Dişhekimliği eğitimi, öğrencilerin akademik temelli teorik eğitime ek olarak belirli bir beceri seti kazanmasını gerektirir. Covid-19 pandemisi sürecinde eğitim yönteminde yapılan değişiklikler diş hekimliği öğrencileri üzerinde farklı etkilere neden olmuştur. E-öğrenme yöntemi, fiziksel sınırların kaldırılması, kendi kendine öğrenme ve yaratıcılığı destekleme konusunda avantajlar sunmuştur. Ancak diş hekimliği eğitimi klinik öğrenimi ve öğrencilerin psikolojik durumu dünya çapında olumsuz etkilenmiştir. COVID-19 pandemisinin etkisi nedeniyle diş hekimliği eğitiminde ortaya çıkan olumsuz durumlarla başa çıkmada artırılmış gerçeklik (AR), sanal gerçeklik (VR) ve haptik simülasyonu içeren Dijital Simülasyon Teknolojileri (DST) değerli bir kaynak olmuştur. DST’lerinin parmak desteği, dokunma duyusu, kuvvet geri beslemesi, yüksek ekran çözünürlüğü, stereoskopik görüntülerde derinliği tespit edebilme, doğru deformasyon simülasyonu, farklı eğitim zorluk seviyeleri, dental beceri eğitiminde büyük veri teknolojisi alanları gelecekte geliştirilmsine ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

diş hekimliği eğitimi, artırılmış gerçeklik, sanal gerçeklik, haptik simülasyon, Covid-19

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