PerioSim -- Dental Training Simulator


	PerioSim -- Dental Training Simulator
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3-21-2008 5:52 PM
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are working on optimizing haptic interactive technologies to be more realistic and practical for fine hand work such as <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">dentistry</SPAN></FONT></A>, and have released a dental training simulator called PerioSim that utilizes much of their work.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/03/force_feedback_dental_simulator.html"><P>Demonstration video of the simulator:
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