2.6. Data Collection
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All students participating in the study received a 60-min didactic lecture on pulpotomy in primary teeth. The students also attended two practical demonstrations of how to perform the pulpotomy procedure on a plastic primary tooth mounted on the mannequin simulator and on a virtual carious primary tooth in the SIMtoCARE DenteThe following week, both the test and control group students attended another conventional pulpotomy simulation session and the quality of their access outline and pulp chamber deroofing steps were independently assessed by two examiners who were blinded to the group the students belonged to, based on a defined rubric (Once all students completed training in both simulation environments, they were invited to participate in a survey questionnaire recording their experiences and perceptions (