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Gangguan Muskuloskeletal pada Praktik Dokter Gigi dan Upaya Pencegahannya (Muscular Disorders and Prevention for Dentist)
Dentist's profession high risks to go through musculosceletal disorders covering the lower and upper parts of backbone, shoulders and wrists. From various researches being done, pravalens of musculosceletal disorders to dentists is high enough moving between 25-85%. The conditions may happen because of the dentists position while handling patiens is not in ergonomics positions. To reduce the early disorders happens, the dentists working position which is initially standing then improved by sitting position, even now the four-handed treatment technics has been developed that is now largely acceptable. Although the treatment technics with sitting position has been developed and other measures of prevention, various reports state that the musculosceletal disorders experienced by dentists still happens. Many factors concerned risk against the happening of this musculosceletal disorders. The working way, the position while treating patient, the dental unit being used, and other factor such as life style, risk factors agains the appearance of musculosceletal disorders to the dentists. In efforts to prevent continuously the musculosceletal disorders to the dentists, it has been developed different kinds of ergonomics. Instruments for dentists profession, starting from dental unit design, operation instruments, up to the using visual aids, and the good and accurate working way training. In such a manner, too. Some prevention efforts, not concerning with the instruments used, has important role to reduce the appearance of musculosceletal disorders to the dentists.
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