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Global G-6 Microscopes Installed in UW School of Dentistry D-1 Lab

With the recent installation of Global Surgical G-6 Microscopes, the University of Washington School of Dentistry will be the first dental school in the country to provide pre-doctoral students with the use of microscopes in clinical dentistry.

Students will first be exposed in the School’s simulation labs and then in selected areas within the clinic. This unprecedented access will continue with course work in the School’s D-1 simulator pre-clinical laboratory. In previous years, the existing Global Surgical G-6 microscopes were used mostly in specialty clinics in the School’s graduate Endodontics, Periodontics, and Restorative programs, and in the Medical School traditionally only in ears, nose and throat surgeries.

With a range of magnification 2.1x to 19.2, the dental student, or operator, can use the microscope to view an entire mouth or increase the magnification for precision and close inspection. Flat screen monitors allow students to document both surgical and non-surgical cases done with the microscope, with both digital still images, as well as digital video. The monitors will also let the student and faculty view cases through the microscope at the same time without interrupting treatment, thereby saving time, improving communication, inspection and treatment. This will drastically improve their ability to critique treatment, document cases and improve patient care.

With mounting plates at 55 stations, the School will be able to train an equal number of dentists simultaneously in pre-clinical courses and between 20-25 dentists in training courses, which are offered as part of the School’s Continuing Dental Education (CDE) program.

With its first-of-its-kind status, the UW School of Dentistry is also expected to become the leading training center for dental students and practicing dentists alike who are interested in the latest advancements in microscope technology.