Turbine effect on dental students' lateral pinch modulation and performances.

Background: Dental turbines can generate significant vibrations that may be transmitted to dentists' hands. The vibrations contribute to neural impairment and decrease dexterity over the long duration. It is unclear whether such vibration effects would be detected in the short time during the pre-clinical year of dentistry study.

Assessment of the modified O'Connor Tweezer Dexterity and Purdue Pegboard test for use among dental students.

Objectives: The current study aimed to assess criteria validity and test-retest reliability of the modified O'Connor Tweezer Dexterity (O'Connor) and the Purdue Pegboard test (PPT) for use among dental students. Occupational therapists were asked to assess dentist-related skills due to the high percentage of students who failed the dental school exams that year. The O'Connor and the PPT are suitable for these purposes, they aim to evaluate fine motor skills requirements.

Sensorimotor and Cognitive Abilities Associated With Touchscreen Tablet App Performance to Support Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes.

Importance: Self-management programs (facilitated by mobile devices) may improve health and prevent secondary complications for older adults with diabetes. However, older adults may have difficulties using mobile devices because of neuropathy or cognitive dysfunction.

Objective: To identify sensorimotor and cognitive abilities associated with touchscreen tablet app performance to support self-management of diabetes in older adults.

Does Augmented Visual Feedback from Novel, Multicolored, Three-Dimensional-Printed Teeth Affect Dental Students' Acquisition of Manual Skills?

Although three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is increasingly used in dental education, its application regarding the provision of online visual augmented feedback has not been tested. Thus, this study aimed to: (1) develop two generations of multicolored 3D-printed teeth that provide visual augmented feedback for students conducting the cavity preparation process, (2) assess students' clinical performance after training on the 3D models, and (3) acquire student feedback. For the first-generation model, augmented feedback was obtained from five 3D-printed teeth models for five cavity preparation procedures.

Home exercise in the dart-throwing motion plane after distal radius fractures: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: During daily functions, our wrist moves through an oblique plane, named the dart-throwing motion (DTM) plane. This plane is considered a more stable plane because the proximal carpal row remains relatively immobile. However, rehabilitation programs that incorporate exercising in the DTM plane have yet to be explored.