Srta and promethean dental systems partner to elevate dental licensure

Through advanced and integrated technologies, the industry now has a better, safer exam. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (November 11, 2021) -- The Southern Regional Testing Agency (SRTA) and Promethean Dental Systems (PDS) have formed a partnership to offer on-demand dental licensure exams for graduating dental students in locations across the country. The new exam locations will be at testing facilities using PDS ' s advanced Simodont dental simulation systems. " Our collaboration with PDS is an exciting move in the right direction for dental and hygiene students, educators, and state boards, " said SRTA President Gerry Walker, DMD. " With PDS, we are providing a new model of testing for candidates that no other agency offers, allowing the ultimate flexibility for our students. " Dental schools across the country already use PDS ' Simodont Dental Trainer, but it has not been used for testing in this manner until today. The new testing process offers unprecedented real-life dental situations in a safe environment using a combination of manikin and simodont with analytical computerized grading instead of patients, as has typically been the dental exam process. Using the Simodont with the manikin for testing also brings completely objective grading via machine learning and precision computations.  Simodonts can create situations for each portion of the SRTA licensure exam, endodontic, fixed prosthodontics, restorative and periodontal scaling, and can change and exp...
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