Association for Dental Education in Europe

Learning together to improve oral health and quality of life

ADEE Tech Talks Session 1

Thursday, 24th August 2023 - 11:30 to 13:00
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Timezone: 

BST (UTC+1)

Duration: 

90 Minute

Venue: 

Wolfson Lecture Theatre @ The Spine

ADEE Tech Talks Session 1
Session synopsis: 

ADEE's popular Tech Talks session that provides a platform for sharing experience of using technologies in oral health professional education returns for two sessions in 2023.
Programme: 
11:30 

Welcome

11:35

Combination of VR-haptic and plastic tooth preparation for preclinical prosthodontic training: Young dental students’ usage and learning outcomes.
Szabolcs Felszeghy, University of Eastern Finland

11:50

Crown preparations’ quality with and without practicing with patient-specific 3D-printed models assessed with intraoral scanning
Jorge Tricio, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile

12:05

Interactive Tooth Morphology and Pathology
Douglas Bean, University of Aberdeen, UK

12:20


Immersify, the Ultimate Education Platform: Transforming Educational Resources for the New Generation of Dental Learners and Academics
Chloe Barret, Immersify Education

12:35

A Novel Digital Approach: Utility of CAD technology to improve students learning & conceptual understanding of RPD design
Stephen Dunn, University of Glasgow, UK

12:50

Introduction of haptic simulations and virtual reality in post-graduate dental implantation curriculum
Maria Paz Rodriguez Hopp, University Diego Portales. Dean Faculty Health and Dentistry, Chile

13:05 

Digital assessment of the clinical competence: ¿Myth or Reality? Express workshop of teacher training
Olivia Espinosa Vázquez, National Autónoma University of México (UNAM)

13:20


Affordable Haptics
James Markey, Sales Director Virteasy Dental

13:35 Closing remarks 
Chair: 

Carlos Serrano

Assistant Professor at the department of Dental Education Research, Development & Innovation
Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands

Carlos M. Serrano graduated as a dentist from the University of Concepción in Chile in 2004. In 2010 he obtained his master's degree in medical education and in 2012 he completed the specialty in Prosthodontics. In 2023 he received his PhD with his research in the applications of extended reality (XR) and digital dentistry in dental education.

Since 2015, Carlos has worked at ACTA's Digital Dentistry department, focusing on the development and implementation of new technologies in dental education and care. Since 2024, he has been appointed head of the department of Integrated Dentistry & General Oral Care Clinic, where patient care is provided by dentistry students under the supervision of approximately sixty dentists.

Marjoke Vervoorn

Director of Education
Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam

Marjoke Vervoorn graduated in 1982 (DDS, University of Utrecht, NL), completed her PhD in 1992 (University of Groningen, NL) and since 1992 she is connected to the Academic Centre of Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA). She was Director of Education at ACTA from 2005 till 2013.

Currently she is involved in Research and Development of Dental Education with focus on learning environment and development and implementation of new technologies in dental training. Also she is involved in the Assessment Procedures for re-registration of dentists in the Netherlands and for non-EU dentists.