MANUAL SKILLS OF DENTAL IMPLANTATION AND SINUS FLOOR ELEVATION. DEVELOPMENT OF SIMULATION TECHNIQUE FOR EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

The manual skill training is relevant at acquisition of dental implantation by newcomer stomatolo- gists. At the same time theoretical knowledge isn't enough, it is necessary to have spatial experience – to be conversant in peculiarities of anatomical structures, to own the operative technique. The training technique allows to solve this problem by usage of ho munculus and simulators, one of the main advantages of which is gaining clinical experience without risk for the patient. At all variety of dental simulators presented at the market only their limited quantity offers training skills of dental implantation and sinus floor elevation. Therefore, we have developed a technique of such simu- lator production , which is successfully tested in clinic of department of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Irkutsk State Medical University.