A 2D Dental Morphological Image Augmented to Assist Improving Traditional Hand Carving Skills in Dentistry

Yu Jie-Cheng¹, Shing-Jye Chen², Yu-Sheng Lin³, Cheng-Jung Yang^4*

 

¹Department of Dental Technology, Shu-Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Taiwan,

²Department of Product Design, Tainan University of Technology,

³Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan,

⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan,

cjyang@mail.npust.edu.tw

 

Abstract: 

This pilot study was to explore potential effects of outlining a 2D morphological tooth on a cubic plaster stick by implementing augmented reality (AR) technology before an actual dental carving, in comparison to a traditional carving exercise needed to memorize a true morphology of the tooth. The pilot result shows that a use of the AR technology could provide a potential visual graphic tool worked as a 2D visual guidance directly in drawing the tooth’s outlines before carving exercise starts.

 

Keywords: 

augmented reality, dental morphology, and carving.

pages: 

29-32

DOI: 

https://doi.org/10.35745/ecei2019v2.008

Year: 

2019

Published in: 

2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019

Full paper download: 

29-32.pdf