Training dental students is a complex process as it requires the acquisition of fine motor skills, and hand-foot and eye coordination to perform clinical work, in addition to the attainment of knowledge. Awareness of limitations of conventional simulators that have been used for pre-clinical training for this purpose, has paved way for digital dentistry as the new pedagogical paradigm that offers multiple advantages over conventional dental teaching methods (Zafar et al., 2020). Digital innovations including virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are becoming more prevalent in dentistry (Dutã et al., 2011 in Zafar et al., 2020). This paper reviews some of the recent methods such as computer assisted simulators, virtual patients, virtual teeth, use of MultiUser Virtual environment, etc., and highlights the benefits of using these for the preclinical training in dental education. The need for the new age facilitators to adopt to and employ the newer technology based methods of instruction has also been emphasized.