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ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2026

Comparison of virtual reality and conventional teaching in dental education: A randomized study.

V C Santhosh, Vidhya Baskaran, Chetna Arora, Mushir Mulla, Munaz Mulla, Naina Pattnaik, M Nazargi Mahabob, Akhil Shetty, Alok Dubey, Kumar Anand

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V C SanthoshDepartment of Periodontics, KMCT Dental College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Vidhya BaskaranDepartment of Prosthodontics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College, Puducherry, India.
Chetna AroraDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Santosh Dental College, Santosh Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mushir MullaDepartment of Public Health, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Munaz MullaDepartment of Periodontics, Saveetha Institute of Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Naina PattnaikDepartment of Oral Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
M Nazargi MahabobDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Akhil ShettyDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Alok DubeyDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Kumar AnandDepartment of Periodontology, Private Practitioner, Ambala, India.

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backgroundDental education is being revolutionized by inclusion of novel technologies such as virtual reality (VR). This technology is gradually becoming part of training program for dental professionals as well as students. The present study aimed to compare and evaluate the effectiveness of VR based education and conventional teaching methods in dental education. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis was a randomized, interventional, and comparative study conducted on 200 dental undergraduate students studying in Dental teaching Hospital and college. The study purpose was explained to all students in English and/or their native language. Determination of sample size was done by using the "Stata" software (version 12) at 95% confidence level and 80% power. The students were enrolled using census method and the selected study participants were randomly categorized in 2 groups comprising of 100 students each (a) Group A students trained with VR and (b) Group B students trained using traditional training method. Study investigator responsible for allocation of sample was blinded by coding. The data collection was performed in two phases wherein 1

resultsMean ± standard deviation (SD) age of students was observed as 22.92 ± 0.64 years. Mean ± SD student satisfaction score from virtual training method (Group A) was found to be 91.02 ± 7.8 whereas in group B (traditional teaching program), it was found to be 65.02 ± 0.35 which was statistically significant (

conclusionVR based dental teaching and clinical training program demonstrated higher satisfaction in comparison to traditional teaching method.

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