High-Tech Dental Robot Encourages Better Dentistry

December 2nd, 2007 Julie Frey Posted in Dental News |

Meet the Dental Patient of the Future

Simroid, Simulated Dental Patient

Having a hard time finding volunteers who’ll let you practice brand-new dental techniques on them? What you need is a robotic dental patient! The 2007 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo saw the introduction of Simroid, a humanlike robot that reacts to dental pain in a humanlike manner.

There’s impressive technology behind Simroid. She can follow instructions, sense tooth pain, gag and say, “That hurts!” The goal of this high-tech robot is not just to improve dentists’ technical skills, but also their chairside manner.

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