Introduction of the Leonardo simulator in the educational process of dental faculty students

• Sergey V. Vaits
• Fatima Yu. Daurova
• Tatyana V. Vaits

Abstract

The requirements for higher education institutions and the educational process as a whole dictate the introduction of innovative technologies for teaching students. In many countries around the world in recent years there has been an active introduction of technologies for electronic, often distance and virtual learning. All this became possible thanks to the introduction of virtual training devices and simulators, with the ability to simulate a variety of clinical cases. We carried out a comparative assessment of cavity preparation results, which was performed by 4-, 5-year students on the "Leonardo" simulator and on plastic models. As a result of the study, a positive dynamics was revealed in teaching students the skill of preparing teeth in both methods, while mastering the principles of preparation turned out to be more understandable on the simulator. Thus, when training at "Leonardo" there is no need to work with real patients, the negative influence of the human factor is excluded, the quality of the task is objectively assessed.

Keywords:virtual reality, education, educational technology, simulator, student

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