Ergonomics
Move to Improve Your Health: The Research Behind Static Postures
Figure 1. Flowchart showing how prolonged, static postures (PSPs) can progress to pain or...
Ergonomics
Ergonomic Positioning: A Few Degrees Add Years to Your Career
Figure 1. Ask patients to scoot to the end of the headrest, then position...
Ergonomics
Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
My previous articles on dental ergonomics published in Dentistry Today (September 2008, April 2009,...
Ergonomics
Ergonomic Guidelines for Selecting Patient Chairs and Delivery Systems
When we think of ergonomics, we often think of the equipment we wear, hold,...
Ergonomics
Magnification in Dentistry: How Ergonomic Features Impact Your Health
Visualizing the oral cavity has always posed a challenge in dentistry. From early fiber...
Ergonomics
Operator Stools: How Selection and Adjustment Impact Your Health
Historically, the importance of the dental operator stool has taken a backseat to the...
Ergonomics
The Eight Keys to Selecting Great Seating for Long-Term Health
The fully seated dental operating position combined with the air turbine handpiece ushered in...
Ergonomics
Open Up and Relieve Back Pain
It has been well documented that back and neck problems are common among dentists.1...
Ergonomics
Operator Seating The Tall and Short of It
Concepts of dental operator seating have changed greatly since seated, 4-handed dentistry was first...
Ergonomics
Ergonomics in Dentistry, Part 2
In the first part of this two-part series, the growing problem of musculoskeletal disorders...