Ergonomics
Ergonomia
Curse code:9548306
João Eduardo da Fonseca de Freitas Dias
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Provide the students with knowledge applicable in the future of his business, promoting new skills in that field and its application in the program’s scientific area. The course contents cover a wide approach in the field of ergonomics applied to dentistry, giving the student knowledge that will allow proper performance of their profession as dentists in the future.
Syllabus:
- Presentation of the Curricular Unit Programme and evaluation methodology.
- Ergonomics and dentistry: History and Definitions.
- Ergonomic principles of planning a dental office (Instruments Design,Cognitive Design, Design of the Physical Space)
- Consequences for the dentist from a bad design (Dentist Posture)
- Requirements of ergonomic equipment
- Anatomy, Physiology and Emotional aspects of ergonomics
- Planning an Ergonomic Dental Office: Management and Organization
- Principles of working with 4 Handed Dentistry. Ergonomic Intervention. Importance of each member of the dental team. Work Schedules. Operative Time. Direct / Indirect Actions. Timeout. Workspaces at the Office (Circle A, B and C). Movement types (I, II and III). Work Zones (Dentist, Static, Auxiliary and Transfer). Positioning against the intraoral working field. Positioning of the working field in relation to the dentist. Handling instruments with the fingers, hand and arm.
- Epidemiology of occupational diseases
- Biosecurity
Suggested Bibliography:
- Bridges RS (1995) Introduction to ergonomics. McGraw-Hill. ISBN-0-07-113294-5
- Pollack–Simon R (2001) All the Right Moves: The Definite Guide for Integrating Dental Team Ergonomics Treatment Room Technology, Auxiliars utilisation and Office Design. Penn Well Corporation. ISBN 0-87814-832-9
- Murphy DC (1998) Ergonomics and the Dental Care Worker. American Public Health Association. ISBN: 0-87553-233-0
- Finkbeiner BL, Finkbeiner CA (2001) Practice Management for the Dental Team. 5th ed., Mosby Elsevier. ISBN 0-323-00886-0
- Finkbeiner BL (2000) Four–Handed Dentistry : A Handbook of Clinical Association and Ergonomic Concepts. Pearson. ISBN 0-13-030413-1