ErgoPractice News – January 2021 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com A New Start to Practice Dentistry and Surgery Pain-Free: Resolve to Protect Your Health in 2021 Two major health risks faced by dental professionals as well as surgeons are chronic pain in the neck and shoulder caused by using improperly fitted loupes and potential age-related […]
ErgoPractice News – December 2020 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary Several multiple magnification designs have been considered by SurgiTel and other companies over many years. You may read our August 2017 ErgoPractice News article on “Multiple Magnification Loupes: 1987 to Today” for more information.1 It is noted that our survey indicates most people do […]
ErgoPractice News – November 2020 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary The field size of SurgiTel’s 3.5x prism loupes is similar to the field size of 2.5x Galilean loupes. SurgiTel loupes can be either Through-The-Lens (TTL) style or Front-Lens-Mounted (FLM) style. SurgiTel frames with true custom nose pads allow custom fitting and optimum vision. SurgiTel […]
ErgoPractice News – October 2020 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Many clinicians who have their SurgiTel loupes refurbished by our facility have sent us their appreciation, letting us know their products are working like new. I have also recently heard from several clinicians, letting us know they read our monthly free newsletters and appreciate how […]
ErgoPractice News – September 2020 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary Magnification power has long been used as the key factor for selecting loupes for enhancing vision,1,2 but Orascoptic has been saying that the resolution of loupe optics (called oculars) should be the key factor. Based on the basic optical functions of eyes as an […]
The Blue Light Hazard in Medicine and Dentistry Richard Price, BDS, DDS, MS, FDS RCS, FRCD, PhD Dr. Richard Price is a Professor of Prosthodontics at Dalhousie University. For the last 20 years, his research has focused on blue light sources such as curing lights. “I commend SurgiTel for recognizing the potential retinal hazard from […]
ErgoPractice News – August 2020 Years ago, SurgiTel created the color-balanced, true-color LED headlights for clinicians using patented true color optical technologies. Other brands have been trying to imitate SurgiTel true color LED lights with optical systems that do not infringe SurgiTel patents, but SurgiTel is still the only company that can offer true color […]
ErgoPractice News – July 2020 PPE for Clinicians and Patients and Visual Clarity Clinicians may see a large number of patients and should be protected. Patients expect to see protection on clinicians and the face shield shows patients they are protected. But if PPE is the new normal, it cannot be allowed to reduce the […]
ErgoPractice News – June 2020 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Requirements of True Ergonomic Loupes True ergonomic loupes should satisfy two basic requirements: safe lower back posture and safe neck posture (or safe head tilt). All loupes with proper working distance can help users work with safe lower back posture, but most loupes force users […]
ErgoPractice News – May 2020 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary SurgiTel’s full-face shield (patent pending) and universal light mount with coaxial extender (patent pending) allow us to implement Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with loupes and headlights in three different ways (Figure 1). Answers to questions related to other PPE implementation options and disinfectants are […]
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