An initial evaluation of the Iowa dental surgical simulator

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 847-853

  Johnson, Lynn ^a   Thomas, Geb ^b   Dow, Steven ^b   Stanford, Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Fidelity; Force feedback; Robotics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING; VIBRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034567694     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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