Overview

There were FIVE project outputs. Outputs 1 to 3 were presented at the NUS Tech Day in Nov 2016 and outputs 1 to 4 were demonstrated at the NUS Tech Experience Day in April 2017.
1. Developed an iBook app on Local Anaesthesia Technique in Dentistry.
2. Developed a virtual reality software on a stereoscopic platform, the iBench from EON Reality, to assist students with spatial orientation and simulated delivery of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve (IAN) regional block anaesthesia.
3. Developed a fit-for-purpose prototype training simulator for the simulation practice of the IAN delivery by novice dental students. The simulation model of the lower jaw was developed using 3D printing/casting technologies in collaboration with NUS Industrial Design. This prototype was incorporated into the dental curriculum in April 2017 and provided novice dental students a realistic training and skills performance platform for delivery of IAN block prior to their practice on other dental students and patients.
4. An Augmented Reality (AR) app was developed for visualisation with an Android phone to facilitate accurate targeting for training in IAN delivery.
5. A students’ feedback exercise on the usability of this prototype training simulator was performed after the training evolution in April 2017. The feedback was largely positive.