ERGONOMICS AND POSTURAL ASSESSMENT OF DENTISTS TO PREVENT MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, DESIGNING AN ERGONOMIC CHAIR

Dorian STEF, Madalina DAVID

Abstract


Occupational diseases are a category of ailments encountered at the level of the body and acquired because of participation in carrying out a work process. In the dental field, the musculoskeletal system is the most affected during the work process. The position of the body in the dentistry field must be symmetrical and straight, the imaginary lines passing through the eyes, shoulders, elbows, waist, knees, and ankles must be parallel to the line of the earth. Starting from the existing ergonomic demand for dentist chair formats and by analysing the existing chair used by dentists, we started to propose new chair design as ergonomic as possible.


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