Toothy" VR will help students by providing a safe, risk-free, and immersive environment to practice complex dental implant procedures, leading to enhanced skill development, improved tool handling, better time management, and increased confidence before real clinical settings.
Unity, AI Voice, ShapeXR, Figma, Adobe
2025
Mastering dental implantology is no easy feat—students face intricate procedures, the demand for precision with specialized tools, tight time constraints, and the immense responsibility of patient care. Toothy VR removes these barriers by offering a controlled, immersive, and repeatable practice environment, ensuring students gain confidence and expertise before stepping into real-world clinics.
The "Toothy" VR app overcomes the challenges of skill and precision, tool usage, and potential errors by providing a risk-free, immersive environment with step-by-step guidance, realistic tool handling via haptic feedback, and instant performance feedback.
Furthermore, the inclusion of a timer helps students improve their time management skills in a simulated setting, addressing the issue of procedural length.
Helping students feel like they are in a real-world situation.
Students actively participate, making learning more effective and enjoyable.
Repeat many times as needed, building confidence and muscle memory.
I was responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team of six and addressing early challenges such as communication gaps and workload distribution. I revised the project schedule, established weekly meetings for progress reviews and task redistribution, and implemented key strategies like task delegation and collaborative problem solving
Focused on creating realistic and functional interactions within the VR environment. This involved combining XR Grab Interactables with Socket Interactors for realistic tool handling
Implemented a narrative timeline to ensure procedural interactions were sequential
Included transparent guides for drill alignment to assist students with precision
Resolved technical challenges related to implant cap removal and drill bit rotation by implementing creative solutions within the Unity engine
Implemented variable movement for the instrument stand and dental light using hinge joints and XR Grab Interactables for realistic adjustments
Involved in the iterative development process, building in feedback loops to refine the work incrementally. Created prototypes that initially showed fragile interactions and developed solutions using Unity’s Timeline to create more robust interactions
Played a leading role in the "Toothy" VR project, overseeing its management and directly contributing to its core interactive and technical functionalities, ensuring a professional standard in both design and functionality
Project Lead, Interactions, prototyping, and Animation.
UI Design (Unity and Figma), UX, Diagram and Flowchart, Content strategist
Main Scripting, Prototype, Content Strategist
3D Modeling, Scripting
Logo, Colour theme, UI(Initial Phase), Presentation, Design Document.
Research and Sound
I did a round of user testing with 5 students from Teesside University who had little experience in VR. This test was to make sure this app helps the students to make there learning easier and overcome there anxitey of injecting there future patients.
When I talked to the users after the experience, I found that they had been immersed and were able to complete the test.
However, I observed that even after giving audio and text-based instruction, one of the students was aiming to pick what they liked, and it broke the process. and one user suggested giving a timer so students won't take too much time on the process. A major comment was to show a correct angled syringe projection so students can understand how to position the syringe.
Added a hologram of the syringe with the correct angle to examine and learn how to properly position the syringe.
I set a timer for the entire test, encouraging a quicker and more efficient learning process.
At each step, specific objects are activated for the user to perform the task, while others are disabled.
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