MANUAL SKILL TRAINING OF 2 ND YEAR STUDENTS AT THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY BY USING SIMULATORS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF REALISM

The article presents the results of teaching research of the students at faculty of dentistry by the manual skill of the preparation the cavity of the first class by Black on simulators at different levels of realism. Three groups of students in ten people each were trained by three different methods: training only on manikin phantom head, training only on a simulator, training on a manikin phantom head and on a simulator. Accordingly to the found results teaching on a simulators of a different levels of realism should be complex, so the authors examine different combinations of exercises directed to achieve the best result. The proposed concept training the manual skill of the drilling could be the main for creating the standard program in high schools. Keywords: simulator, MOOG Simodont Dental Trainer, manual skills, learning curve.