Romanian Journal of Medical Practice (Jun 2019)

ERGONOMIC CONCEPTS IN DENTAL MEDICINE

  • Irina Adriana Beuran,
  • Augustin Mihai,
  • Viorel Ștefan Perieanu,
  • Ileana Ionescu,
  • Oana Eftene,
  • Simion Gh. Dumitru,
  • Claudia-Camelia Burcea,
  • Iuliana Babiuc,
  • Corina Marilena Cristache,
  • Mihai Burlibasa,
  • Liliana Burlibasa,
  • Cosmin Medar,
  • Maria Glencora Costache,
  • Madalina Violeta Perieanu,
  • Gabriela Tanase,
  • Oana-Cella Andrei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.37897/RJMP.2019.2.6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 122 – 127

Abstract

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Dental medicine is an extremely complex medical field, comprising several specialties (orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, prosthodontics, dental surgery, endodontics etc.), which in most cases also require the assistance of a dental nurse. Purpose. In this paper, we have tried to present a number of very interesting ergonomic aspects in the dental office, which aim at simplifying work at this level. Material and method. This study was conducted between May and July 2018 using a questionaire applied to a number of 69 dental practitioners from Bucharest. Results and discussions. Results obtained in this study give us an image about how current dental practitioners understand ergonomics in daily practice. Conlclusions. All the aspects discussed in this study have an important role in the ergonomy of daily activity of a dental office. More important is that the majority of dentists involved in the stuty understand and apply the ergonomic concepts underlined by this study.

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