Title :
Virtual Dental Patient: a System for Virtual Teeth Drilling
Author :
Marras, I. ; Papaleontiou, L. ; Nikolaidis, N. ; Lyroudia, K. ; Pitas, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki
Abstract :
This paper introduces, a virtual teeth drilling system named virtual dental patient designed to aid dentists in getting acquainted with the teeth anatomy, the handling of drilling instruments and the challenges associated with the drilling procedure. The basic aim of the system is to be used for the training of dental students. The application features a 3D model of the face and the oral cavity that can be adapted to the characteristics of a specific person and animated. Drilling using a haptic device is performed on realistic teeth models (constructed from real data), within the oral cavity. Results and intermediate steps of the drilling procedure can be saved for future use
Keywords :
biomedical education; biomedical equipment; computer aided instruction; dentistry; drilling; haptic interfaces; training; virtual reality; 3D facial model; dental students training; drilling instruments handling; drilling procedure; haptic device; oral cavity modelling; realistic teeth model; teeth anatomy; virtual dental patient; virtual teeth drilling; Anatomy; Computational modeling; Dentistry; Drilling; Facial animation; Haptic interfaces; Imaging phantoms; Instruments; Land use planning; Teeth;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Expo, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0366-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0367-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICME.2006.262533
