Computer-Assisted Implant Surgery: Implications for Teaching, Learning, and Educational Strategies

IF 2.2 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI:10.1002/cre2.70197

Lin Jing Uei, Xin Hui Yeo, Yiu Yan Leung, George Pelekos, Bilal Al Nawas, Nikos Mattheos

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Abstract

Objective

This white paper aimed to discuss educational strategies for teaching and learning of computer-assisted implant surgery (CAIS) within the wider dental curriculum, including the pedagogy, technologies, and challenges.

Material and Methods

A review of the available literature up to February 2025 was conducted, compiling existing evidence related to the application of CAIS in dental education, both through simulation and in clinical care. The findings were further integrated with expert opinions and current best practices in dental education in a panel discussion.

Results

Guided CAIS demonstrated potential to enhance implant placement accuracy and increase confidence among novice surgeons. Dynamic CAIS (d-CAIS) could support broader cognitive and surgical skill development, whereas static CAIS (s-CAIS) showed limited utility as a comprehensive educational instrument. The sequence of learning between guided and non-guided techniques appears to be less critical than ensuring proficiency in both. Competence development with d-CAIS is incremental, unlike s-CAIS, where progress might be faster but involves mainly procedural skills. Key challenges remain for the implementation of CAIS in educational structures such as limited faculty expertise, high costs of digital equipment, limited interoperability of digital systems, and ethical or legal concerns regarding autonomy of technologies.

Conclusion

CAIS has shown to be a valuable tool in teaching implant dentistry; its proper integration into dental education enhances the learners' experience and offers significant benefits for developing overall surgical competences. Current educational research is limited and primarily focused on the accuracy of implant placement, while practice of CAIS entails a very wide set of parameters encompassing the clinician, the workflow, the institution or clinic, and the patient. Future studies targeting educational interventions with a wider array of outcome measures would be required to help design effective educational strategies with CAIS.

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计算机辅助植入手术：对教学、学习和教育策略的影响

目的本白皮书旨在探讨计算机辅助种植手术（CAIS）的教学策略，包括教学方法、技术和挑战。材料与方法回顾了截至2025年2月的文献，收集了CAIS在牙科教育中应用的现有证据，包括模拟和临床护理。在小组讨论中，研究结果进一步与专家意见和当前牙科教育的最佳实践相结合。结果引导CAIS显示出提高种植体放置准确性和增加新手外科医生信心的潜力。动态CAIS （d-CAIS）可以支持更广泛的认知和手术技能发展，而静态CAIS （s-CAIS）作为综合教育工具的效用有限。指导和非指导技术之间的学习顺序似乎不如确保熟练掌握这两种技术那么重要。d-CAIS的能力发展是渐进式的，与s-CAIS不同，s-CAIS的进展可能更快，但主要涉及程序性技能。在教育结构中实施CAIS的主要挑战仍然存在，例如教师专业知识有限，数字设备成本高，数字系统的互操作性有限，以及有关技术自主性的道德或法律问题。结论CAIS在种植牙医学教学中具有较好的应用价值；它适当地整合到牙科教育中，提高了学习者的经验，并为发展整体的外科能力提供了显著的好处。目前的教育研究是有限的，主要集中在植入物放置的准确性上，而CAIS的实践需要一组非常广泛的参数，包括临床医生、工作流程、机构或诊所和患者。未来针对教育干预的研究需要更广泛的结果测量，以帮助设计有效的CAIS教育策略。

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Clinical and Experimental Dental Research DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

5.60%

发文量

165

审稿时长

26 weeks

期刊介绍： Clinical and Experimental Dental Research aims to provide open access peer-reviewed publications of high scientific quality representing original clinical, diagnostic or experimental work within all disciplines and fields of oral medicine and dentistry. The scope of Clinical and Experimental Dental Research comprises original research material on the anatomy, physiology and pathology of oro-facial, oro-pharyngeal and maxillofacial tissues, and functions and dysfunctions within the stomatognathic system, and the epidemiology, aetiology, prevention, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of diseases and conditions that have an effect on the homeostasis of the mouth, jaws, and closely associated structures, as well as the healing and regeneration and the clinical aspects of replacement of hard and soft tissues with biomaterials, and the rehabilitation of stomatognathic functions. Studies that bring new knowledge on how to advance health on the individual or public health levels, including interactions between oral and general health and ill-health are welcome.