Fig 1.
The PhantHome—Novel portable tool.
(a) The tool is attached to a desk. (b) (c) "Intra-oral" view of the teeth with inserted pins.
Fig 2.
Time table and illustration of the exams’ tasks along the phantom course.
Fig 3.
Mean scores of O’Connor Tweezer Dexterity Test at the beginning (T0) and at the end (T1) of the 1th clinical year (N = 41) and control (N = 59) groups in direct and indirect vision.
Horizontal lines between the experimental and control groups at T0 and T1 for O’Connor direct and O’Connor indirect represent no significant differences between the groups. Significant differences were found between direct and indirect scores (p<0.0005) at each tested time for each group. Significant differences were found between T0 and T1 for the same exam for each group (p<0.0005).
Fig 4.
Box diagrams of the (a) Class_1 and (b) OP_indirect grades of the experimental (N = 41) and control (N = 59) groups.
Horizontal bar within each box represents the median.
Fig 5.
Mean clinical grades of phantom exams of the experimental (N = 41) and control (N = 59) groups during the phantom course.
* Significant differences between mean values of the groups for the specific exam (p<0.05).