Chair Position

Question 0

Explain position for extraction of mandibular teeth (right handed)

Answer 0

Patient in a reclined position not fully flat ~45degrees
Patient head supported at about elbow/waist height
For LL teeth stand on patients right hand side
For LR teeth stand behind the patients head

Question 1

Explain the position for maxillary extractions (right handed)

Answer 1

Patient is lying flat with headrest supporting the head
Feet shoulder width apart
Stand on patients right hand side
Patient at waist height just below the elbow for use of your body weight
Left hand support soft tissue and maxilla
Right hand on forceps
Turn the patients head to the right for UL
Turn patients head to left for UR

Question 2

What is the purpose of the supporting hand?

Answer 2

Can be used to support the head or the mandible
Retract the soft tissues
Help to protect the oropharynx
Feel tooth movement in the alveolus

Question 3

In a right handed person what is the only quadrant where you would stand behind the patients head?

Answer 3

Lower right quadrant