Assessment of interns and postgraduate dental student's knowledge regarding equipment ergonomics

Abstract

Comprehensive understanding and practical application of EE among the participants was found to be lacking. The importance of microbreaks and chair side exercises should be emphasized and training should be initiated at an early stage before improper postural habits develop.

Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude Regarding Ergonomics Among Interns and Postgraduate Students: A follow-up study

“…In this study all but 2 participants were of the opinion that ergonomics should be included in the curriculum of dental students. This is in accordance with a study conducted by Rajeshwari et al, [13] students and 90 % of the interns shared the same opinion as the results of our study. This is probably due to fact that a significant number of dentist's in their lifetime experience musculoskeletal disorders or pain associated with their work.…”

Determination of Ergonomics, Fitness and Its Impact in Dental Practice : A Kap Study

“…It was observed that 76.88% of the dental practitioners had an angulation of 90 of their knee to the floor (Table 4). S Raja Rajeswari et al states 32.35% of the subjects admitted that they were unaware of desired positioning of operator's knees to hips during stool adjustment (Rajeswari SR et al 2016).…”