title: Phantom-based interactive simulation system for dental treatment training.
abstract: In this paper, we propose a new interactive simulation system for dental treatment training. The system comprises a virtual reality environment and a force-torque measuring device to enhance the capabilities of a passive phantom of tooth anatomy in dental treatment training processes. The measuring device is connected to the phantom, and provides essential input data for generating the graphic animations of physical behaviors such as drilling and bleeding. The animation methods of those physical behaviors are also presented. This system is not only able to enhance interactivity and accessibility of the training system compared to conventional methods but it also provides possibilities of recording, evaluating, and verifying the training results.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Automatic Control Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Bundit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sae-Kee
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riener
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pröll
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgkart
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003752:Dental Health Services; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage; D008953:Models, Anatomic