Improve the Ergonomics of Your Instrumentation

By Martha J. McComas, RDH, MS

Dental hygienists must maintain prolonged static postures, often in awkward positions, and make repetitive small motor movements of the fingers and hands. The combination of these biomechanical risk factors can contribute to the onset of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

Work-related MSDs among dental hygienists are strongly associated with prolonged static postures, the forceful continual repetition small motor movements, and non-neutral clinician posture necessary during therapeutic dental procedures.

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