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Student working in room C (Clinical Simulation). Room C (Clinical Simulation) ready for year 2 Fixed Prosthodontic Course.
Simulation facility
The school’s Simulation Facility is another
example of high-tech teaching tools. The
facility consists of four individual rooms.
The Ancillary Lab is a traditional plaster
lab where students learn to work with plaster
and stone models. The room was inten­
tion­ally designed to be small, as students
will eventually perform all the procedures
digitally.
The Bench Simulation Room consists of
90 bench simulators and one teaching station
with a ceiling-mounted microscope. This
room is used for basic procedures that
require a counter top, such as waxing or
denture fabrication.
The Clinical Simulation Room is
comprised of 80 advanced simulators and
a teaching station. This room emulates
the clinical environment and is used
for advanced dental training, including
Operative Dentistry and Endodontics
courses.
The Dream Room consists of eight
patient-ready digital dental units (one
Planmeca Sovereign unit and seven
Planmeca Compact units). This room is used
to teach cutting-edge technologies, such as
CAD/CAM and haptic devices.
The clinic utilizes 26
Planmeca Sovereign
dental units
Room B (Bench Simulation) during
a Complete Denture Course.
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Dr. Gary D. Hack is the Director of Clinical
Simulation at the University of Maryland
Dental School, which is under the auspices
of the Office of the Dean. Dr. Hack is also
an associate professor in the Department of
Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative
Dentistry.
He has been a faculty member at the
dental school for the past 25 years, and has
been instrumental in helping to make the
school a leader in cutting-edge technology.
In addition to his activities with the
schoolís Simulation Facility, Dr. Hack instructs
dental students in several disciplines.
He is a prolific researcher and is a
co-developer of NovaMin, which was
recently purchased for $135 million by
SmithKlineBeecham.