New use for games console.

The article focuses on the Nintendo Wii technology, developed by Pearse Hannigan, David Lagan, and Adam Gray, final year dental students at the University of Glasgow Dental School. The concept, which intends to aid dental students practice their operative skills, won the Dental Innovation Technology Ideas Award. The Nintendo Wii console will be used via a software to simulate operative techniques. Dr. David Watson of the University of Glasgow Dental School cites the advantages of the idea.