Using The Mirror Is HARD
Performing dental procedures in reverse while looking through a mirror is one of the most difficulty skills to learn in dental school
Drawing on paper does NOT work
Clinical studies show that students who practice drawing/tracing on paper while through a mirror will get better at drawing on paper in reverse, but do not show improvement in performing dental procedures with a mirror. Developing mirror skills in dentistry is based on muscle-memory. Effective practice exercises must mimic the same orientation and visual reference points as real dental procedures.
The Jumpstart Mirror Trainer is the Best Mirror Training Device
Step 1: Place the device on your lap
Step 2: Complete the activities to develop Muscle Memory
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Features
PORTABLE: Use at home or any other location
ACTIVITIES MIMIC REAL DENTAL PROCEDURES: Practice several activities in 3-dimensions that develop muscle memory so you can be fluent at manipulating your hands in reverse.
GUIDED INSTRUCTIONS: Learn proper ergonomics through a series of exercises that get progressively more difficult.
CLINICALLY PROVEN: Significantly improve students’ scores on cavity preparation assignments. Published in the Journal of Dental Education
USE BEFORE DENTAL SCHOOL: For best results, develop your mirror skills before entering dental school. This allows you to perform better in the preclinical course during the 1st and 2nd year of dental school, maximizing your grades
while also maintaining proper ergonomics
Clinically Proven - Study at Tufts University
Methods
40 first year dental students
3 test groups, each trained for 10 days
1) Mirroprep (drawing backwards on paper)
2) Jumpstart Mirror Trainer
3) Control
Students were evaluated by performing a Maxillary Class I cavity preparation before and after using their respective devices
Citation: McClure, Romian, Eisen, Kugel, Amato. Jumpstart Mirror Trainer: A New Device for Teaching Mirror Skills to First-Year Dental Students. Journal of Dental Education. 2019. DOI: 10.21815/DJE.019.113
Results
The Jumpstart Mirror Trainer activities improved the students’ scores significantly more than the Mirroprep activities (p=0.04) and the control group (p=0.006)
Students in the Jumpstart Mirror Trainer Group rated their device as being more helpful than the control group in preparing them for a maxillary cavity preparation (p=0.001). There was no difference between the Mirroprep group and the control group.
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