There are two main themes in the courses:

"Working in fine workingpositions” and  

"Save time and energy – efficiency – work smarter – not harder”  

Many years of experience training dental teams may be concluded as following.

1. Objectives for assistance are undefined without clear description of the functions of assistant, and how dentist and assistant divide the sum of tasks.  

Most dentists and assistants are apparently not conscious of how important it is to organize instruments and materials within close reach of the assistants. In most cases something as simple as a working-table-top for the sitting assistant is lacking.

 2. The workingpositions of the dentist are often scaring bad and unacceptable.  

One may think this is strange, because everyone – dentist or not – know that in a good workingposition you dont bend or twist your spine (columna vertebralis).

However the problem is’nt  a matter of knowledge, but that we have a lot of “professional reasons” for working in poor working- positions.

These are ex.  Our need to se what we are doing – may by direct (without a mirror) in upper jaw lead us to very bad workingpositions. Our workingspostion is too depending of how we hold our instrument in our hand, how to support it and how to get acces to the mouth of the patient.  

One could say, that the reason for poor workingpositions are our working-methods, and only by modifying or changing workind-methods is it possible to work in fine workingpositions.  However the only possibility for improvement of the working-positions are depending on changes of our professional working-methods.  

You can read about two different courses.

WORK WELL, SAVE TIME AND ENERGY,

WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER

DUO OR DUO-SOLO

SEE WELL, SIT WELL -  

½ to 1 day – Participants up to 80, and with amphitheatre like lecturing room up to 300-700  participants.   Lecturing language:  English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Danish. Details to be negotiated with Herluf Skovsgaard.

                                                      By participating in a ERGONOMYCOURSE you may achieve

                      working methods and teamwork by the treatment chair is optimal

                      to maintain undisturbed concentration with your professional task.

                             to work in better working positions and prevent occupational diseases.

                             less fatigue, win energy and time and have -----

                             to improve team spirit and return with new inspirations to you daily work.

                             to give your patients a better experience and better “total quality”

This is Herluf Skovsgaards classical ergonomics course held for almost 50.000 dentists and assistants – during the years.

A concentrated course dealing with how to optimize the work with the patient-chair working DUO or DUO/SOLO.

You will get a lot of informations, methods and techniques ready for taking into use in your clinic.

A engaging, intertaining and amusing course, where every minute is used to teach you to save time and energy and prevent problems with your workingpositions.

SUBJECTS,- all illustrated by demonstrations.

Demonstration of relation between direction of vision, visual distance, position of the head of the patient and position of dentist and assistant.

Position of unit, and aspirationsystem 

Handinstrumentshape and form, instrumentgrip, fingersupport and the influence on your sittingposition.

Relation between visual distance and instrumentgrip

Glasses based on bad mechanical or optical construction as a health risk.

Work with mirror, spray etc,’  

Aspiration and retraction-methodes. Use of multifunctional syringe.

Fourhanded instrumenttransfer. Integration of unitinstruments in the transfer.

The clinic-PROTOCOLLE as the base of teamwork.  

The working place of the assistant.

Handinstrumenttable position and flexibility

Assistants working-table top—for sitting work – size and exact position.

Workplace ergonometrics

Organisation and pllacement of materials and handinstruments.

Principle of use of material-trayes and maxi-tubs

Handinstrumenttray.

Dentist working place for DUO work and changing DUO/SOLO work.  

Principles for SOLO-WORK.

Aspiration tube for solo-work. Retraction and fingersupport.

Position of handinstruments.

Handinstrument grip.

Placement of materials and instruments.

Functions of left and right hand of dentist.