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Chapter 474when it comes to working with a passive robot arm, the feedback the authors received on clinical representativeness in general was very positive.To calibrate the position of the tooth and its orientation relative to the FT-sensor and the robot a different dental instrument was used for both upper and lower jaw. It was aligned with the tooth axis by the clinician based on the orientation of the crown of the tooth. Despite efforts made to be as precise as possible, some comments should be made. Firstly, even in an in vitro setting, it can be quite challenging to align a tool in all axis at the same time. Secondly, the crown forms only a small portion of the tooth. It is common knowledge in the field of dentistry that roots tend to divert to some extend (usually distally). To add to the precision of the measurements in future experiments it can be considered to use CT-data to calibrate the position of the entire jaw by using anatomical landmarks rather than calibrating each tooth separately. This could also reduce duration of the experiments.Conclusions and future workIt is the goal of this research group to acquire data on every aspect of tooth removal. With this setup, a dataset can be build that contains high quality data on every aspect of tooth removal. Data driven modelling will be used to analyze the large amount of data. A model is necessary to be able to understand what makes tooth removal (un-)successful. Clinicians could learn from a model what parameters are essential to look for in clinic and to help predict the level of difficulty of an upcoming procedure. It could help them to decide when referral is necessary based on their own competence. The setup allows for different teaching instruments, i.e., plastic models or conserved cadavers, to be tested on representativeness. The derived dataset will be used to create new and evidence based learning material for dental students and young dentists. In a later phase, some parts of the setup can be transformed for the use in an in vivo experiment to enable a correlation to clinical data.Tom van Riet.indd 74 26-10-2023 11:59