title: [Use of simulations and phantoms in stomatology education--yesterday and today].
abstract: Authors offer the concise historical survey of the education of preclinical stomatology from the year 1953 to the present. They direct specially to application simulators and simulation in the dental education and importance of this way. Authors emphasize the importance of quality of preclinical erudition for students of stomatology; they lay stress upon the development of psychomotor skill of students. This is not possible without the modern didactic technique. (Ref. 5.)
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gabaniova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Duranik
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Csicsayova
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D018153:Czech Republic; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013664:Teaching Materials