AR or VR simulators important tools in clinical examination in dentistry in future
According to a new study published in The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, AR or VR simulators with direct feedback and objective evaluation function may become an important tool in the future of dental Objective Structured Clinical Examination.
With the increase in the elderly population and the economic growth, the concept of oral health gradually increased, and dental and dental health care issues are increasingly important. Due to the high incidence and prevalence of today's global oral diseases, the global market for oral medical equipment in 2016 was $ 23.99 billion, up to 4.0% from 2015. The market was expected to reach $ 29.09 billion by 2020.2015–2020 growth rate was up to 4.7%, coupled with the incidence of the poor than other socio-economic groups. Oral disease has become an important public health problem and promoting the global oral medical market is growing.
The history of dentistry is almost as long as the history of human civilization. With the progress of science and technology, the application of techniques used in dentistry became more and more mature. From the initial, using pliers to remove the tooth, wire to lock loose teeth, and the dental appliance and dental bridge. At the beginning of the 17th and 18th centuries, using tooth filling gradually developed to the initial bone as a denture concept to replace the loose teeth. To use the tooth sets of metal wire and fixed appliance techniques to correct the tooth position. Today, dental expertise is currently used to prevent and treat common oral diseases, namely dental caries and periodontal disease. The field also includes common repair, extraction, implant, root canal therapy and calculus removal.
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