Mirror Positioning (right hand)

Question 1

What is a work-related musculoskeletal disorder?

Answer 1

• An injury affecting the musculoskeletal, peripheral nervous, and neurovascular systems

Question 2

What causes work-related musculoskeletal disorders?

Answer 2

Cause by prolonged repetitive forceful or awkward movements, poor posture, ill-fitting chairs and equipment, or fast-paced workload

Question 3

________ position is the ideal positioning of the body while performing work activities

Answer 3

Neutral

Question 4

What is the ideal position of the patient during dental treatment?

Answer 4

supine position

Question 5

What is the supine position?

Answer 5

patient lying on their back in a horizontal position and the chair back nearly parallel to the floor

Question 6

What is ergonomics?

Answer 6

the science of adjusting the design of tools, equipment, tasks, and environments for safe, comfortable, and effective use

Question 7

The most common error dental clinician make when positioning themselves and their patients?

Answer 7

Positioning their patients too high during dental procedures!

Question 8

Where should you position the overhead light during mandibular and maxillary procedures?

Answer 8

Question 9

What are the clock positions for right handed clinicians?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is the positioning for a clinician at 8:00?

Answer 10

Question 11

What is the positioning for a clinician at 9:00?

Answer 11

Question 12

What is the positioning for a clinician at 10-11:00?

Answer 12

Question 13

What is the position for 12:00 (right and left handed)?

Answer 13

Question 14

What is a normal sequence for practicing positioning?

Answer 14

Question 15

Proper positioning of the clinician and patient leads to better…

Answer 15

• leverage/fulcrum/removal of deposits on teeth
• adaptation of instruments on tooth surfaces (especially in areas of crowding or malpositioned teeth)

Question 16

What are the away and toward surfaces?

Answer 16

Question 17

When you are seated at 9 o’clock, the aspect of teeth you can see directly are where you would…

Answer 17

stay at 9

Question 18

When you are seated at 9 o’clock, the aspect of teeth you cannot see directly are where you would…

Answer 18

move to 10-11

Question 19

What are the posterior sextants that you can see with direct vision (@ 9:00)?

Answer 19

buccal side of patient right
lingual side of patient left

Question 20

What are the posterior sextants that you can see with indirect vision (@ 10-11)?

Answer 20

lingual side of patient right
buccal side of patient left

Question 21

What clock position for mandibular arch- anterior surfaces toward

Answer 21

8-9

Question 22

What clock position for maxillary arch- anterior surfaces toward

Answer 22

8-9

Question 23

What clock position for mandibular arch- anterior surfaces away

Answer 23

12

Question 24

What clock position for maxillary arch- anterior surfaces away

Answer 24

12

Question 25

What clock position for Mandibular arch- posterior aspects with direct vision

Answer 25

9

Question 26

What clock position for Maxillary arch-posterior aspects with direct vision

Answer 26

9

Question 27

What clock position for Mandibular arch- posterior aspects with indirect vision

Answer 27

10-11

Question 28

What clock position for Maxillary arch-posterior aspects with indirect vision

Answer 28

10-11

Question 29

Answer 29

positioning for a clinician at 8:00

Question 30

Answer 30

positioning for a clinician at 9:00

Question 31

Answer 31

positioning for a clinician at 10-11:00

Question 32

Answer 32

position for 12:00 (right and left handed)