The Efficacy Of inEOS Dental Scanner As A Teaching Aid In Dental Curriculum

The purpose of this study is to access the clinical efficacy of using new inEOS dental digitizer (Sirona Dental Systems) as teaching aid in a dental school teaching enviroment. The introduction of Cerec in 1987 brought about a new concept to dentistry, described as the chair-side CAD/CAM fabricated indirect restoration. The improvement of this system has resulted in the current trio of Cerec 3D, inLAB and inEOS scanner, which can produce all types of single and multiple-unit restorations (inlays, onlays, veneers, crowns and FPD). Three types of dental digitizing methods which include Cerec 3D Acquisition unit CCD Camera, inLAB laser scanner and inEOS Scanner will be compared. These three Cerec systems not only design and manufacture the actual restorations, but can also be used as computer-assisted dental simulators in dental school curriculum. The three dimensional view of preparation will help the student to transfer the two dimensional knowledge that the student learned in the form of lectures, manuals, text books, etc. into a three dimensional living lesson. This continuous visualization of error, leads to rapid learning of the regular cavity preparation. The computer-assisted teaching method will be a considerable advantage in dental education, which needs heavy supervision, unless the faculty-student ratio improves significantly in the near future. The use of CAD/CAM system as a dental simulator will improve the quality and quantity of dental training with limited space and resources.