A CALibrate Education Technology
The Missing Metric
in Clinical Training.
Outcome-based grading tells you what was removed. TactiSense™ tells you how.
A context-aware motion and force evaluation system for dental clinical training — built to attach to the Kilgore typodont with zero hardware redesign.
The Technology
Dual UME Architecture.
One Unified Score.
Two Universal Measurement Engines work in concert. The first — an IMU affixed to the clinical instrument — captures orientation, velocity, stroke length, and micro-instabilities in real time. The second — a force sensor array beneath the typodont base — measures the overall downward pressure applied to the model.
The Evaluation Engine fuses both streams to answer the only question that matters: Is this behavior appropriate for this clinical context?
"We don't need to know exact force. We need to detect whether the combination of motion and pressure is appropriate for the situation — like how a drone adjusts power but still has to stay stable."
Context-Aware Evaluation
The Same Force.
Two Different Answers.
A fixed force threshold cannot evaluate clinical competency. High pressure on heavy, tenacious calculus is appropriate technique. The same pressure on light supragingival deposits is dangerous. TactiSense™ knows the difference.
Applications
One Platform.
Four Transformative Uses.
Preclinical Teaching
Students receive objective, real-time feedback on instrument motion and applied pressure from their first day of training — building safe habits before they ever treat a patient.
Board Preparation
AI-graded typodonts with calibrated calculus resistance levels let students practice under conditions that objectively replicate ADEX, CDCA, and WREB board examination standards.
Remote Board Examination
The system records a complete behavioral signature of the procedure — verifying not just that calculus was removed, but how it was removed. Examination bodies can certify candidates remotely, without on-site examiners.
Faculty Calibration
Clinical faculty use the same objective benchmarks to standardize grading across an entire program, ensuring every instructor evaluates technique against identical criteria.
Accreditation Documentation
Session data and competency reports provide CODA-aligned, quantifiable evidence of student clinical competency — transforming the accreditation documentation process.
Simodont Integration
The Evaluation Engine is hardware-agnostic. The identical behavioral logic runs inside Nissin's Simodont® haptic simulator, creating one unified competency record across physical and digital training.
The Platform
Hardware That Collects.
Software That Transforms.
The dual-UME sensors are the data acquisition layer. The cloud-based Evaluation Engine is where the value is created — delivering real-time feedback, longitudinal analytics, remote examination capabilities, and CODA-aligned accreditation documentation.
Institutional License
Dental schools and hygiene programs license the platform to track cohort performance, calibrate faculty, and generate accreditation documentation.
Student Subscription
Individual students access their personal competency analytics, track progress over time, and purchase mock board examination sessions.
Remote Examination
Examination bodies license the remote proctoring and certification module, enabling objective, standardized board examinations without on-site examiners.
The Kilgore Advantage
Kilgore Doesn't Need
a New Typodont.
It Needs a New Argument.
Acadental did not win market share on product quality. They won a contractual arrangement with ADEX. That is a business deal, not a product advantage — and it is vulnerable. The moment Kilgore can demonstrate objective, CODA-aligned competency data that Acadental cannot provide, the purchasing conversation changes entirely.
The Strategic Case
"We don't measure what they remove — we measure how they do it."
Partnership Inquiry
Let's Build the Standard
for Touch.
CALibrate™ powered by TactiSense™ is a technology developed by CALibrate Education. We are seeking manufacturing and distribution partnerships with typodont manufacturers, dental simulation companies, and clinical examination bodies.
Developed by Marianne Dryer, RDH, M.Ed.
Lead Educator & Program Director
CALibrate Education