Haptics in fixed prosthodontics and their role in dental education: A literature review.

Technological progress leads to new advances in dental education. One of the applications involves the use of virtual and augmented reality as educational aids. The emerging question is to establish if and how these enhancements may prove beneficial to the overall student learning process.

Haptics Vs Typodonts for Crown Preparation in Undergraduate Dental Student Education.

Objectives: This study aims to compare students' subjective perceptions and objective results by comparing two methods of crown preparation: typodonts and haptics.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-four second-year students were given instructions on crown preparation for the upper right second premolar. First on typodonts and then with haptics.

Biocompatibility assessment of resin-based cements on vascularized dentin/pulp tissue-engineered analogues.

Objectives: A three-dimensional (3D) dentin/pulp tissue analogue, resembling the human natural tissue has been engineered in an in vitro setup, aiming to assess the cytocompatibility of resin-based dental restorative cements.

Methods: Stem Cells from Apical Papilla (SCAP) and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) were embedded in Collagen-I/Fibrin hydrogels at 1:3 ratio within 24-well plates. Hanging culture inserts were placed over the hydrogels, housing an odontoblast-like cell layer and a human treated-dentin barrier.

Advanced in Vitro Experimental Models for Tissue Engineering-based Reconstruction of a 3D Dentin/pulp Complex: a Literature Review.

Objective: Experimental procedures have been used to monitor cellular responses at the dentin/pulp interface. Aiming to divert from in vivo studies and oversimplified two-dimensional assays, three-dimensional (3D) models have been developed. This review provides an overview of existing literature, regarding 3D in vitro dentin/pulp reconstruction.