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Dental

Save On Long-Term Maintenance Costs With SurgiTel

ErgoPractice News – June 2023 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary In various fields such as dentistry, surgery, and veterinary, loupes and LED headlights have become indispensable tools that enhance visual acuity and improve precision. These specialized optical devices allow professionals to magnify details of objects and thus enables clinicians to perform intricate tasks with […]

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LED Headlights as Dental Illumination

ErgoPractice News – February 2023 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary The main purpose of clinical illumination is to help clinicians see anatomical features which are unique to their procedures. Recognizing that one style of LED light cannot meet the illumination requirements for various clinical cases, SurgiTel has been offering four LED colors: warm (about […]

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Dental

Choosing the Best Loupes and Lights for You and Your Procedures

ErgoPractice News – October 2022 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary SurgiTel® has developed the widest range of loupes and headlights available. With complete options, determining which magnification and illumination products are best for you comes down to you and your procedures. SurgiTel Loupes With the introduction of ErgoDeflection™ loupes, SurgiTel now has four main […]

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Why Are Warm LED Headlights an Excellent Dental Illumination Option?

ErgoPractice News – September 2022 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary The main purpose of clinical illumination is to help clinicians see anatomical features which are unique to their procedures. Recognizing that one style of LED light cannot meet illumination requirements for various clinical cases, SurgiTel has been offering four LED colors: warm (about 3000K), […]

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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Review of a Recent Article: “The Potential ‘Blue Light Hazard’ from LED Headlamps”

ErgoPractice News – August 2022 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary In August 2022, this article was published virtually in advance of its October 2022 printed version in Volume 125 as Article 104226 by Elsevier: Journal of Dentistry. Having read the article, I have found that it may be very useful to both researchers and […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Success at SurgiTel: 30 Years of Vision & Ergonomics

ErgoPractice News – May 2022 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary In 1992 SurgiTel was founded as a Division of General Scientific Corporation. SurgiTel’s founding mission has been to improve the way medical, dental and veterinary professionals work. During the last 30 years, SurgiTel has obtained over 40 patents and developed necessary technologies to manufacture […]

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Dental

LED Headlights as Clinical Illumination: Questions Raised by Clinicians and Answers

ErgoPractice News – July 2021 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Traditional illumination systems used thermal light sources such as halogen and xenon which have continuous spectral distributions, but white LED lights consist of two spectral bands: “Blue” spectral band and “Green-Red” spectral band. Figure 1 shows spectral distributions of four light sources: two thermal light […]

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What They Didn’t Teach You About Dental Lights in Dental School!

ErgoPractice News – May 2021 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Summary Key selection factors of dental LED headlights are “balanced spectral distribution” (i.e., the peak of the blue spectral band is similar to the peak of the green-red spectral band) and “uniform and consistent beam pattern” which should not vary as the working distance changes. […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

The Hidden Cost of Non-Ergonomic Loupes and Cool/Blue-Tinted LED Headlights

ErgoPractice News – March 2021 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Loupes and LED headlights have become essential for the practice of dentistry and surgery, but they can be detrimental to the health of users if not made properly. Improperly fitted loupes can cause chronic pain in neck and upper shoulders1 and the strong blue light […]

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