Title

Knowledge regarding applications of virtual reality- haptic and augmented reality technologies among dental healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

Authors

 Nishath Sayed Abdul^1,* & Yara Faisal Albahijan²

Affiliation

¹Department of OMFS and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ² Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; *Corresponding author

Email

Nishath Sayed Abdul - E-mail: nishathsayed@riyadh.edu.sa

Yara Faisal Albahijan - E-mail: yara.faisal2022@student.riyadh.edu.sa

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2026; Revised June 30, 2026; Accepted June 30, 2026, Published June 30, 2026
 

Abstract

Technologies like virtual reality, haptic and augmented reality offer great potential for improving dental education, particularly in the preclinical development of manual skills and spatial awareness. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the knowledge and awareness of virtual reality (VR) - haptic and augmented reality (AR) technology among dental healthcare professionals of Saudi Arabia. Awareness regarding VR/AR was fairly high among the study sample, with 75.5% knowing about these technologies. 67% had not used VR/AR in clinical or teaching practice and over half had attended related training. Thus, we show significant gap between awareness and practical application, underscoring the need for curriculum integration and targeted training to facilitate adoption in dental practice.

Keywords

Knowledge, awareness, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) haptic, dental health care professionals, dental hygienists

Citation

Abdul et al. Bioinformation 22(6): 3629-3635 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta  

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.