Diseño y validación de un modelo tridimensional digital educativo en modalidad virtual de la unidad dentogingival dirigido a estudiantes de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad Santo Tomás

Abstract

Introduction: In these moments of virtual education in times of pandemic, the teacher requires instruments and / or methods that are practical and useful to integrate the knowledge acquired in virtuality and in turn, the dental student who is going to start his clinical practice and those who are going to carry out their deepening in surgery can acquire and consolidate different abilities, knowledge and skills in their training beforehand. This project in its primary form wishes to maintain a high quality education in these difficult times. To do this, at the end of their reasoning, a virtual three-dimensional model of the dentogingival unit will be generated, within the framework of an implementation as educational support, which will allow students to expand the concepts and deepen the subject, so that in their clinical practice they can have a back-up instrument and better incorporate the role of this structure, and from there, understand the progress of certain pathologies in the area of periodontology. Objectives: to design and validate a three-dimensional digital model in virtual modality of the dentogingival unit as a didactic aid for undergraduate teachers of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Universidad Santo Tomás, sectional Bucaramanga. Methodology: a type of diagnostic test study was carried out, from the execution and validation of the virtual 3D model with animation by means of expert juries in the subject which had to fulfill a sum of characteristics. Results: the elaboration of the product used in this investigation consisted of different steps, such as the results and characteristics of the search, 3D model (solid models), Shanding or creation of materials, lighting and scene creation, animation, video editing and the Final product. Conclusions: it can be concluded with this study that virtual 3D models are a great didactic aid to complement and encourage student learning.