ERGONOMIC ARRANGEMENTS IN DENTAL CLINICS PART 1: EVOLUTION OF ERGONOMICS IN DENTISTRY AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF NONERGONOMIC PRACTICES

Abstract

The term of ‘ergonomics’ shortly means ‘work laws’ and it is a discipline that, trying ‘to fit the job to the worker, not the worker to the job’. In dentistry, ergonomics provides to dentists and dental personel doing well performances by keeping their own health and physical conditions. ‘Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)’ is the largest category of the injuries that occurred as a result of non-ergonomic practices. Its prevalence varies between 62-93% among dentists. There is a wide variety of MSD in the literature, but the most frequents are ‘Carpal Tunnel Syndrome’ and ‘Low Back Pain’. In this rewiev, the evolution of ergonomics in dentistry is mentioned. Furthermore, general symptoms of the MSD that occurred as a result of non-ergonomic practices, magnitude of the problem created by and their prevalence in dentistry are elaborated.

Keywords

• Ergonomics
• Musculoskeletal
• Disorders

DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ KLİNİKLERİNDE ERGONOMİK DÜZENLEMELER BÖLÜM 1: DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİNDE ERGONOMİNİN GELİŞİMİ VE ERGONOMİK OLMAYAN ÇALIŞMALAR SONUCU OLUŞAN MUSKULOSKELETAL BOZUKLUKLAR

Abstract

Ergonomi terimi, kısaca ‘iş yasaları’ anlamındadır ve ‘çalışanın iş ortamına değil, iş ortamının çalışana uygun hale getirilmesi’ için çalışan bir disiplindir. Diş hekimliği mesleğinde ergonomi; hekimlerin ve diğer diş hekimliği çalışanlarının, kendi sağlıklarını ve fiziksel koşullarını riske atmayacak biçimde bir performans gerçekleştirmelerini sağlamaktadır. Ergonomiye uygun olmayan çalışmalar sonucunda oluşan hasarların en büyük sınıfını ‘Muskuloskeletal Bozukluklar (MSD)’ oluşturmaktadır ve diş hekimlerinde prevalansı % 62-93 arasında değişmektedir. Literatürde tanımlanmış çok çeşitli MSD bulunmaktadır. Bunlardan en sık rastlanılanları; ‘Karpal Tünel Sendromu’ ve ‘Bel Ağrıları’dır. Bu makalede, ergonomi biliminin diş hekimliğindeki gelişiminden bahsedilmektedir. Ayrıca, ergonomik olmayan çalışmalar sonucu oluşan muskuloskeletal hastalıkların semptomları, ortaya çıkardığı problemlerin boyutları ve diş hekimlerindeki prevalansları üzerinde durulmaktadır.

Keywords

• Ergonomi
• Muskuloskeletal
• Bozukluklar

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