The conversation on the utility of digital twins appears to be growing each year, came across this article. Gives you some things to consider if a digital twin is the right tool for designing a medical device.
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Are there any existing or under development applications of AR/VR in the field of dentistry in New Zealand?
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Can anyone from @dental help with this?
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Thank you @NathanK for tagging dental in this post, it is right up my alley!
As a dentist I have been dreaming about this area for a while now, but I am not aware of anything publicly available at this stage (in NZ or worldwide). Dr @chris.paton has created a virtual dental surgery environment and oVRcome has an existing VR distraction application to address needle phobia but they are not yet applied to specific dental care settings.
If you are thinking of starting something in this area I would be very keen to get involved 
However, in the area of digital twins there is a fairly widely used system called Modjaw, which creates a digital replica of a patient’s face jaw and simulate its movement and aesthetics to assist in communication, planning and treatment.
Happy to continue this conversation!
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There is a relevant existing thread about medical application of digital twins from last year’s otago academic digital health group but I am not sure if this can be made visible here?
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I’m afraid that was posted in Otago with the understanding that it would remain private.
I agree that it (and the other posts by our digital health students) are high quality content and deserve more air, but in this case we really need the consent of all the posters in order to expose it.
You could ask them.
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