Evaluation of Brain Activity, in Dental Care, in Children, Through the use of Brain Computer Interface and Virtual Reality

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  • Wilver Auccahuasi, Edward Flores, Christian Ovalle, Pedro Flores, Fernando Sernaqué, Eddy Maguiña

Abstract

Information and communications technologies have allowed the development of many technologies that are having a strong impact on all activities and professions, the health area is no stranger to these changes. In the present work the evaluation of two techniques of much use is carried out. First the use of virtual reality technology. Second, the use of the brain computer interface (BCI). Both techniques are used in dental treatment in children. In a conventional dental treatment, children have many problems in dental care, with fear of the procedures, which in many cases causes the treatment to be traumatic and in most cases the treatments are not concluded. This paper presents a technique that can help dental professionals, in the treatment of children, with the help of Virtual Reality, making children abstract, eliminating the environment where they are, and placing it in the video scene, which is being projected on the lenses. To evaluate the levels of attention and meditation, at the time of interaction with the Virtual Reality video and dental treatment; A device known as the brain computer interface is used, analyzing the child's behavior. The results show that children exhibit a behavior based on attention, with high levels, when they are interacting with the video at the time of medical treatment, as well as high levels of meditation when preparing for treatment, with these results being manages to verify that children eliminate all kinds of fear or trauma that they may have in dental offices, improving the predisposition of children in dental treatment.

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2020-06-12

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