POSITIONING FOR LIFE – ERGONOMICS ADVANCEMENTS IN DENTISTRY

Effective Utilization of Instruments, Loupes and Other Products.

Supported, in part, by educational grants from Orascoptic and Dentsply.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

9:00 am – 12:00 pm (3 CE hrs)

Room 101-B

Let’s take a close look at all the ways that you can make your job easier, and then say “goodbye” to pain with smarter working techniques.  This half-day program will focus on practical principles to enhance your dexterity, preserve your strength, and increase your confidence when confronting clinical challenges.  Included in the discussion will be your room layout, gloves, instruments, loupes and a lot of other great tips to make your clinical experience more effective. 

Join us to see things that will make your career better: Better Vision…Better Access…Better Technique…Why not take a look? Let’s get ready to position yourself in life…

Course Objectives:

·       Recognize clues and signals that identify potential physical problems and eliminate them before they cause permanent damage. 

·       Emphasize positive “neutral” postures, and eliminate or reduce negative “flexions” and “extensions.”

·       Recognize and convert the not-so-obvious physical stressors in daily routines – sneaky “hidden” stressors that cause fatigue. 

·       Analyze “motions” and movements that create a risk for musculoskeletal problems. 

·       Review newly designed instruments with the goal of reducing “repetitive motions,” minimizing wrist flexion and/or extension, and relaxing instrument grasp. 

·       Discover realistic, effective methods to defeat chair-side postural problems including proper utilization of loupes. 

Recommended for…Hygienists.

Judy Bendit, RDH, BS has been invited to present programs at more than 300 dental and hygiene meetings in the United States and Canada.  She currently holds an adjunct faculty position in the Periodontal Department, Temple-Kornberg School of Dentistry.  In addition to speaking, Judy also has written many articles on dental related topics, and is a volunteer for the Global Smile Foundation performing community outreach around the world. 

Following her years of practice as a clinical dental hygienist, Judy served as a professional sales representative for manufacturers of dental products for 12 years.  She also served as an educational consultant for several dental manufacturers for the past 15 years.  In recognition of her expertise as a presenter, Judy has been recognized for several years as a “Top Leader in Dental Education” by Dentistry Today.  She has been a longstanding member of the ADHA and a distinguished member of the Academy of Dental Hygiene. 

Ms. Bendit, (or an immediate family member) has a significant relationship with the following commercial organizations whose product she will refer to in this presentation: Dentsply and Orascoptic.