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Loupes

Ergonomics / Working-Pain

The Most Custom Loupes: Adjustable Front-Lens-Mounted Loupes

ErgoPractice News – July 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Loupes Which Adjust to You, So You Don’t Have to Adjust to Your Loupes! The first ergonomic loupes SurgiTel created were Front-Lens-Mounted (FLM) loupes. Since then we have continually invested in and advanced this technology. Innovations like the vertical adjustment slide and stability systems have […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Selecting Loupes and LED Headlights for the Best Vision and Ergonomics: 12 Questions and Answers

ErgoPractice News – May 2015 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com SurgiTel was founded in the early 1990s as a Division of General Scientific Corporation to help clinicians practice safely. SurgiTel has accomplished this by providing clinicians with ergonomic loupes, portable headlights, and related products such as stools, eye-protection filters, and loupe-mounted video cameras. During the […]

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Demystifying Magnification Power of Loupes: 7 Questions and Answers

ErgoPractice News – March 2015 The largest dental industry event in the world is the International Dental Show (IDS) which takes place in Cologne, Germany every two years. 2015 IDS was host to around 138,500 visitors from 151 countries and 2,201 exhibitors from 56 countries. SurgiTel was represented and we met with many practicing dentists […]

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What Magnification Power Does Your Work Require?

ErgoPractice News – December 2014 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Most clinicians start with either 2.5x or 3.0x Galilean loupes during their training. These loupes can help students and residents learn how to use magnification and may provide users with a more ergonomic way to work (without bending over patients). Note: We say “may” since […]

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Key Factors for Ordering Custom Loupes: Magnification Power

ErgoPractice News – May 2014 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com There are two main benefits of using loupes. The first is to improve our working posture: to avoid work-related pain and injuries.1 The second is to improve our vision: to see the details of our work.2-3 The key ergonomic factor for loupes is the declination […]

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Key Factors for Ordering Custom Loupes: Declination Angle

ErgoPractice News – April 2014 – Article 1 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Definition of Declination Angle and Its Ergonomic Role SurgiTel recognized the importance of the declination angle of loupes as the key ergonomic factor and invented flip-up style ergonomic loupes with an adjustable declination angle option in 1993. Since then, SurgiTel has developed […]

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SurgiTel Prism Loupes: Magnification & Mounting Advances

ErgoPractice News – February 2014 – Article 2 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Loupes have become ubiquitous in the practice of dentistry and surgery, and a required tool for the clinician’s best work. They use loupes both to see better and to work with comfortable, ergonomic postures. However, while common low-power loupes  (2.0x to 3.0x) […]

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SurgiTel High-Powered Loupes and High-Powered Digital Cameras: A Perfect Synergy

ErgoPractice News – February 2014 – Article 1 By Martin B. Goldstein DMD, FAGD jchang@surgitel.com Teeth are small. The afflictions that can lead to their demise are even smaller. One such culprit, the intra-coronal fracture, is near impossible to see unless viewed under significant magnification. This is unfortunate as many a root canal treatment might […]

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Demystifying Custom Loupes

ErgoPractice News – October 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary There is a great variety of loupes and headlights being sold to clinical professionals. Some are made very well and some very poorly. It is difficult to spot the difference. Unfortunately, there are no government standards controlling the quality of loupes and headlights, despite […]

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