2004 年 67 巻 3_4 号 p. 291-
We investigated how factors such as the dental mirror and surgical gloves affected precise finger manipulations using a high-speed cutting simulator that we developed. The simulator recreates the minute movements of the airturbine handpiece (ATM) during high-speed operation, although there is no actual cutting. Eight dentists were requested to stably move the ATM on the simulator and to control the operating force using less than 80 grams of force with direct vision, using a mirror, and with direct vision using surgical gloves. The forces and movement of the ATM were evaluated. We found that dentists who used indirect vision in daily practice were able to precisely control the ATM with a mirror.