title: Computers in dental education. Promise of the past versus reality of the present.
abstract: Computer usage in dental education has a history of about three decades. As envisioned during the infant years, this application has fallen considerably short of expectations, especially regarding instructional applications. The authors trace the early years through the present project a realistic view of computer-based usage in dental education in the coming years.
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003201:Computers; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States