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02 Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Edition | 1+2/2017 ASIA PACIFIC NEWS IMPRINT GROUP EDITOR: Daniel ZIMMERMANN newsroom@dental-tribune.com MANAGING EDITOR AP: Kristin HÜBNER EDITOR: Yvonne BACHMANN ONLINE EDITOR/SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER: Claudia DUSCHEK MANAGING EDITOR & HEAD OF DTI COMMUNICATION SERVICES: Marc CHALUPSKY JUNIOR PR EDITOR: Brendan DAY COPY EDITORS: Hans MOTSCHMANN Sabrina RAAFF CLINICAL EDITORS: Magda WOJTKIEWICZ Nathalie SCHÜLLER PUBLISHER/PRESIDENT/CEO: Torsten R. 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Krejci, Conservative Dentistry, Switzerland Dr Edward Lynch, Restorative, Ireland Dr Ziv Mazor, Implantology, Israel Prof. Dr Georg Meyer, Restorative, Germany Prof. Dr Rudolph Slavicek, Function, Austria Dr Marius Steigmann, Implantology, Germany Published by DT Asia Pacific Ltd. DENTAL TRIBUNE INTERNATIONAL Holbeinstr. 29, 04229, Leipzig, Germany Tel.: +49 341 48474-302 Fax: +49 341 48474-173 info@dental-tribune.com www.dental-tribune.com Regional Offices: DT ASIA PACIFIC LTD. c/o Yonto Risio Communications Ltd, Room 1406, Rightful Centre, 12 Tak Hing Street, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel.: +852 3113 6177 Fax: +852 3113 6199 UNITED KINGDOM 535, Stillwater Drive 5 Manchester M11 4TF Tel.: +44 161 223 1830 www.dental-tribune.co.uk DENTAL TRIBUNE AMERICA, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10011, USA Tel.: +1 212 244 7181 Fax: +1 212 224 7185 © 2017, Dental Tribune International GmbH All rights reserved. Dental Tribune makes every effort to report clinical information and manufacturer’s product news accurately, but cannot assume respon- sibility for the validity of product claims, or for typo- graphical errors. The publishers also do not assume responsibility for product names or claims, or state- ments made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of Dental Tribune International. Scan this code to subscribe our weekly Dental Tribune AP e-newsletter. Augmented reality for dental use By DTI PERTH, Australia: An innovative team of researchers at the Uni versity of Western Australia (UWA) has developed augmented reality glasses that are designed to help dental students learn more effi ciently, improve their handling of procedures and reduce teaching costs. The technology used for the glasses is in its final stage of devel opment and is currently being tri alled by students and professors at the university. The team responsible for devel oping the device has already been recognised for their potentially rev olutionary approach with the Com monwealth Scientific and Indus trial Research Organisation (CSIRO) selectingthemforinclusionintheir prestigious ON Accelerate program. ON Accelerate aims to reward inno vation in research, science and busi ness and will provide the research ers with the necessary resources to ideally make their invention availa ble commercially. Augmented reality (AR) is a type of virtual reality that involves semi-transparent, com puter-generated imagery that is superimposed on the user’s view of the real world. This allows them to view both frames of refer ence simultaneously. Cur rently, dental students un dergo training to acquire manual skills with the close supervision of their educator, which can be overly time-consuming. The technology’s lead de veloper, UWA student and researcher Marcus Pham, said that the glasses aim to address this inefficiency. “A big problem at the moment is the amount of interruptions dentists face when performing proce dures, with an estimated 20 per cent of their day spent car rying out non-clinical tasks and a significant amount of time spent away from patients during a pro cedure to review critical informa tion,” Pham said. “The technology we are devel oping will change this by providing dentists with all the information they need without them having to interrupt a procedure, so they can focus entirely on the patient.” “This means the time taken to carry out procedures will be drasti cally reduced and the quality of the dental work will improve.” The integration of digital workflows into dental prac tices has continued to increase in frequency. AR technology has only been used in dental education since 2005, but it is positioned to play an in creasingly more prominent role given how complex and demanding dentistry training can be. One of the main bene fits of AR is that it allows for dentists to have relevant infor mation displayed right in front of their eyes, instead of having to continuously refer to a com puter. This enables students to apply their learned concepts to practical situations more eas ily and learn the appropriate dental techniques faster. The AR glasses will also allow the instructing dentists to reduce the amount of time spent with each patient as they can supervise multiple students at one time. Comparative clinical testing was scheduled to begin in January 2017 and the UWA’s dentistry school is expected to officially incorpo rate the use of the glasses by the middle of the year. Apps for better oral hygiene habits By Kristin Hübner, DTI Developed for his daughter to help her focus on her daily dental care reg- imen, Japanese dentist Dr Kiyoshi Amano’s successful tooth-brushing app Brush’n’Save was first launched in Japan in 2014. The English version of the app is now to be released in about 130 countries. Dental Tribune had the chance to speak to Amano about how the app playfully helps children, and adults alike, develop a greater interest in oral hygiene and improve their daily brushing habits. Dental Tribune: What gave you the idea to develop the app? Dr Kiyoshi Amano: My daughter was in grade 9 at the time. She had never had a cavity, partly because I had always been after her to brush her teeth from the time she was a little girl, but as kids get older, they no longer want to hear what their parents have to say. She would stay up late playing with her smartphone and often she would go to sleep without brushing, which meant she was at a much greater risk of developing cavities. I knew I needed to come up with something that would encourage her to brush on her own. I had the idea of combining brushing teeth with things my daughter would enjoy and I set out to create Brush’n’Save, a tooth-brushing app on your smartphone, where the user can earn and save money by brushing their teeth. How did you get started with the process? First, I checked out some exist ing tooth-brushing apps and what I found was that there were many apps available, but they were all aimed at kids or were too game-like. There were no apps available that would likely be used by teens or adults. For Brush’n’Save, I thought about how to develop an app that even adults could use and one that would encourage my daughter to keep brushing in the long run. What were the most important fea- tures you wanted the app to have? First of all, I thought it should help people stay motivated to brush their teeth. Next, it was im portant to present simple, effec tive tooth-brushing methods in a way that would appeal even to teenagers, so they could brush along with the app and get their teeth clean all over, thereby avoid ing cavities and periodontal dis ease their entire lives. I also wanted it to be a full-featured app with something for adults too. For ex ample, I wanted to include infor mation about optimal brushing time and give a detailed look at good brushing motion. How long did the development take and when was the app launched in Japan? It took six months to develop and the app was released in Japan in October 2014. Once it was launched, how was it received by users—and most impor- tantly, did you daughter like it? User response was very posi tive and the app got many favoura ble reviews. Many people with chil dren expressed their appreciation. The app also got many good re views from other adult users who said it helped them get their teeth really clean and that they use the app every day. Many dentists and dental hygienists have also told me that Brush’n’Save is the tooth- brushing app that they recom mend to their patients—adults and children alike. As for my daughter, when she heard that the app was being devel oped for her, she thought the idea was kind of silly, but her attitude changed when she learned that she could earn money by brushing with the app on a daily basis. (Editor’s note: With the optional savings function, parents can reward their children for continuing to brush with the app for a certain period of time without skipping. The reward can be set in the form of actual money or other treats.) And then, just as I’d hoped, she started using the app every day, brushing toward the target of that monetary reward. By developing good daily brush- ing habits, I think she developed a greater interest in oral hygiene. The English version of the app will now be available globally. Do you think that applications such as Brush’n’Save will become more im- portant—or even routine—for peo- ple’s personal oral hygiene? While tooth brushing is some thing that most people around the world do every day, many don’t brush properly. Rather, they do it their own way and do an imperfect job. The result is that many people still suffer from cavities and perio dontal disease, so I hope that apps like Brush’n’Save can help people develop better, and the correct, oral hygiene habits. As a practicing dentist, what do you think is key when it comes to edu cation about the importance of oral hygiene, and most importantly, mo- tivating people to brush regularly? I think it is critical that people are motivated to brush at the same time each day, using good brushing techniques. I think this encourages them to take an interest in main taining their own oral hygiene. Thank you very much for the inter- view. Dr Kiyoshi Amano Prof. Paul Ichim and Marcus Pham demonstrating the device. Tel.: +4934148474-302 Fax: +4934148474-173 Tel.: +85231136177 Fax: +85231136199 Tel.: +441612231830 Tel.: +12122447181 Fax: +12122247185