About Virteasy Dental
Virteasy Dental is transforming the way dental professionals are trained around the world. Designed for universities and government healthcare organizations, the simulator gives students the opportunity to learn critical dental skills in a safe, controlled, and highly realistic virtual environment, before they ever treat a patient.
At the heart of Virteasy’s mission is a simple belief: no patient should be practiced on. To achieve this, Virteasy set out to build a simulation platform that not only looks real but feels real.
The Challenge: Replacing Plastic Models with True-to-Life Training
Prior to the introduction of Virteasy Dental, students typically practiced on plastic teeth before moving directly to real patients. The process had major limitations:
- Plastic teeth provide no realistic variation or tactile sensation
- Students get minimal experience with true clinical feel
- Institutions struggle to scale training safely and consistently
When designing Virteasy, the team needed a haptic device capable of delivering lifelike force feedback—something that could convincingly simulate drilling, resistance, vibration, and the nuanced feel of dental tissue.
After surveying the market, the choice was clear. 3D Systems offered the only haptic devices capable of producing the high‑fidelity force feedback required—without sacrificing size, stability, or software compatibility.
The Solution: 3D Systems Touch™ and Touch X™
Virteasy Dental integrated the 3D Systems Touch™ and Touch X™ haptic devices directly into their simulation platform. These devices stood out for several critical reasons:
- Unmatched realism in force feedback—the most important requirement for dental training
- Small footprint and durable design, ideal for multi-seat university labs
- Native compatibility with Unity and Unreal Engine, enabling fast and flexible integration
- The only haptic devices that could deliver the level of performance needed for clinical simulation
The result was a seamless transition into a solution that immediately elevated the quality of Virteasy’s training experience.
The Outcome: Realistic Skills, Confident Students, Better Patient Care
With 3D Systems haptics powering the sense of touch inside Virteasy Dental, students experience realistic drilling, cutting, and tactile feedback, making virtual training feel extremely close to performing real procedures.
Benefits Achieved
- More than 30,000 students trained on Virteasy Dental
- A drastically more realistic simulation experience
- Increased consistency and quality of dental training
- The ability for institutions to scale training without using live patients
For Virteasy, one feature stands above the rest: the exceptionally lifelike haptic feedback, which enables true hands-on learning inside a virtual world.
Future Impact: Elevating Training Beyond VR
While many institutions are moving away from VR headsets, one trend is clear; they love the tactile realism of haptic simulation. Virteasy sees haptic feedback as central to the future of dental education, and 3D Systems devices will continue to play a crucial role in that evolution.
Long-term impact: Over 30,000 students trained and hundreds of thousands of patients receiving better care, all made possible by combining Virteasy Dental’s platform with 3D Systems’ haptic technology.
