Method to evaluate brain activity in children, in dental procedures based on BCI and virtual reality

Herrera L.; Auccahuasi W.; Rojas K.; Urbano K.; Ovalle C.; Flores E.; Flores P.; Maguiña E.; Cuzcano A.; Zamalloa L.; Sernaque F. · AIP Conference Proceedings (2023) · DOI: 10.1063/5.0125502

Resumen

Dental procedures are very traumatic procedures in children, due to the fact of the trauma and pain that they are afraid of, children normally suffer during visits to the dentist, in this work the power to eliminate these fears through virtual reality is evaluated, Immersing the children in a setting that is comfortable for them, a measurement of brain activity is accompanied by the study through the measurement of the concentration that the child has, at the time of the dental procedure, which is subjected to a visual experience, the results indicate that the child is concentrating on the visual experience rather than the medical procedure.

Instituciones: Universidad Continental; Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal; Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener; Universidad César Vallejo; Universidad Privada del Norte