Aspiration Training

A Clinically Accurate Root Canal Treatment in VR

For a Dental Nurse to become qualified they must be observed and graded in completing a number of different procedures. Unfortunately some procedures rarely come up, meaning that a lot of time can be wasted waiting to take part in a specific procedure.

Aspiration Training spotted an opportunity to develop a virtual reality scenario where the user can be observed completing a RCT (Root Canal Treatment).

In order for the users to pick up the virtual reality experience seamlessly, CEMET designed a dental surgery, accurate to what the dental nurses would expect. Alongside Aspiration Training we tested the scenario with dental nurses to confirm that all objects felt accurate and were where they were expected to be. All this adds up to provide a more accurate test result for each user because less mistakes are made and less time is spent getting used to using virtual reality.

An Accurate Procedure in a VR Environment

Due to the VR RCT scenario being used in observing and grading the user which will affect their qualification, it is critical that the full procedure is as accurate to how it would be carried out in reality as possible.

Working closely with dental practitioners, CEMET developed a full, testable RCT procedure. This is everything from donning PPE, to preparing the room correctly through to supporting the dentist in carrying out the procedure.

Utilising Virtual Reality for Examination

We built in the ability for the dental nurse’s observer to look back at a detailed breakdown of what the user performed correctly and incorrectly throughout the scenario. This has the added benefit of the VR scenario being used for training, allowing the dental nurse to go back through the procedure as many times as they like until they’re familiar.