Development and evaluation of an extraoral radiographic simulator model

• Autor(a) principal: Arús, Nádia Assein
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Fontana, Mathias Pante, Vizzotto, Mariana Boessio, Silveira, Heraldo Luis Dias da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/168988
• topic: Radiografia extraoral; Radiologia

Objectives: To describe the development of an extraoral radiographic simulator model that allows the demonstrations of head position and practical training of extraoral radiographic techniques and its usability evaluation by the users. Methods: It was used a macerated human skull, autopolymerising acrylic resin, orthodontic elastics, screws, polyvinyl chloride pipe and a photograph tripod to build it. After theoretical and demonstration classes, and practical training using the simulator model, twenty-nine professionals from the last five classes of an Oral Radiology Specialization Course filled out a form to evaluate its usability. Results: the modified SUS (System Usability Scale) final score obtained for usability was eighty-three, indicating high acceptance of the simulator model. Conclusion: this extraoral radiographic simulator model can be built at a very low cost, is useful for practice extraoral radiographic techniques and it should be encouraging its use as a teaching aid in other institutions.