Immersive Virtual Environment for Training of Dental Surgery

 

Angkura Aungkuramasa, Patta Yovithayaa, Chawana Udomraksaa, Peter Haddawya, Gabriel Zachmannb, Siriwan Suebnukarnc, Phattaraporn Rhienmorad, Myat Su Yina

a Faculty of ICT, Mahidol University
b Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Group, University of Bremen
c Faculty of Dentistry, Thammasat University
d Faculty of Science and Innovation, Bangkok University

 
This Head-Mounted-Display (HMD) based dental simulator providees and immersive environment with haptic feedback fro psychomotor skill training. Trainees are immersed in a complete dental surgery environment with realistic patient. The simulator covers the rubber dam application and access opening stages of the root canal treatment procedure.

Stages 

 

Simulated Environment

Simulated Objects
   
 

Features
 
   

Benefits

Future work
  • Allow trainees to learn from their mistakes in a risk-free environment
  • Perform multiple procedure steps in one session
  • 3D stereoscopic visualization and hand tool alignment
  • Collect kinematics variables for further analysis
  • Integrate collision detection algorithm and force feedback
  • Finish anesthesia injection stage
  • Evaluate added value of stereoscopic 3D and hand tool alignment