Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality in Dentistry: A Narrative Review on the Existing Platforms and Future Challenges
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Abstract
The recent advancements in digital technologies have led to exponential progress in dentistry. This narrative review aims to summarize the applications of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality in dentistry and describes future challenges in digitalization, such as Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality represent effective tools in the educational technology, as they can enhance students’ learning and clinical training. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and can also be useful aids during clinical practice. Augmented Reality can be used to add digital data to real life clinical data. Clinicians can apply Virtual Reality for a digital wax-up that provides a pre-visualization of the final post treatment result. In addition, both these technologies may also be employed to eradicate dental phobia in patients and further enhance patient’s education. Similarly, they can be used to enhance communication between the dentist, patient, and technician. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics can also improve clinical practice. Artificial Intelligence is currently developed to improve dental diagnosis and provide more precise prognoses of dental diseases, whereas Robotics may be used to assist in daily practice.
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OpenAlex topics: Dental Research and COVID-19 · Dental Radiography and Imaging · Digital Imaging in Medicine
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Department of Clinical Sciences and Stomatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 20097 Hamburg, Germany
Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society, Tor Vergata University, 00133 Rome, Italy
IUDAV, Valletta Higher Education Institute, 83029 Solofra, Italy
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