SP-5 Extended Reality (XR) in Endodontic Education and Treatment Simulation: A Novel Approach to Simulate Patient Data
CE Hours: 1.5
Description: We describe a novel approach to simulating patient-specific dental operative procedures by combining extended reality (XR) technology and 3D-printed models of clinical cases. XR is an umbrella term that encapsulates virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and everything in between. XR can create a space where the real world and the virtual world merge and influence each other. This presentation applies XR in clinical practice and dental training. The complementary use of patient-specific XR technology and 3D-printed models contributes to easing the transition from preclinical to clinical operative practice and enables effective learning in dental education. We will describe this innovative XR technique in cases featuring 3D-guided access on calcified root canals, microsurgical cases of guided root resection, and non-surgical access of anatomically challenging teeth.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the application of XR technology in dental education and training
- Describe the approach to simulating patient-specific dental operative procedures by combining XR technology with 3D-printed models
- Describe the future applications in live augmented reality procedures
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Fahad Zaman, M.S.
Fahad Zaman is currently a first-year endodontic resident at Boston University, where he is pursuing his MSD in Endodontics. He has been doing research in 3D endodontics since before he entered dental school. He has had the pleasure of being mentored by Dr. Okazaki closely over the course of dental school at NYU, where they completed 3 years of clinical research, ultimately presenting their research for AAE Endo On Demand in 2021. Currently, Fahad continues his clinical research as a first-year Endodontics resident.
Katsushi Okazaki, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Katsushi Okazaki, D.D.S., Ph.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Endodontics at New York University College of Dentistry and an Associate Professor at Tokyo Dental school in Japan. K. Okazaki had operated a variety of clinical training programs K. Okazaki is a co-author of the book chapter in the seventh edition of Ingle’s Endodontics and the main author of the book chapter in Diagnosis of pulpal-periapical disease, In Endodontic Prognosis. K. Okazaki has lectured on various topics on Endodontics to post-graduate students. K. Okazaki had been the clinic superintendent and the pre-clinical course organizer for the post-graduate students and conducts clinical research in Endodontics at NYU College of Dentistry for many years. K. Okazaki received his DDS, then earned a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Physiology and served as a Teaching Fellow in Oral Anatomy at Aichi Medical University in Japan. After Postdoctoral Research as a research fellow in the Department of Development and Surgical Sciences at the University of Minnesota, K. Okazaki completed Postgraduate Programs in Endodontics at New York University College of Dentistry in the USA. K. Okazaki received the Distinguished Educators Award in 2015 and the Research Award in 2018 at Dean's Honors Day, a celebration of excellence, in recognition of outstanding professional distinction in 2019 from NYU. K. Okazaki has practiced at the NYU Dental Faculty Practice in the NYU Langone Medical Center until 2021. K. Okazaki was accepted as the Chief Academic Director of Dental Prediction Co., Ltd in 2022. He has implemented a novel platform of clinical education in virtual reality (VR) and believes in the future of dental education in the Metaverse.
