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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Can Chronic Neck Pain Be Eliminated or Healed? Selected Testimonials and Ergonomic Courses

ErgoPractice News – April 2014 – Article 2 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] In the early 1990s, Dr. Lance Rucker (DDS, FACD, Professor and Director of Clinical Ergonomics in the Department of Oral Health Science at The University of British Columbia in Canada) raised a question: Are Surgical Telescopes (called Loupes) Posture Maker or Posture […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Declination Angle as the Key Ergonomic Factor, Key Factors for Ordering Custom Loupes: Part 1

ErgoPractice News – April 2014 – Article 1 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] 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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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Advances in SurgiTel Headlights: Design Considerations of LED Headlights for Color Accuracy and Eye Safety

ErgoPractice News – March 2014 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Brief History of SurgiTel’s Development of Headlights In the early 1990s, SurgiTel developed the first (maybe the first in the world) clinical portable headlight for dental and minor surgical procedures (Figure 1a). This was accomplished by using miniaturized halogen light bulbs. Soon after, SurgiTel introduced […]

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Loupes

Advances in Magnification and Mounting With SurgiTel’s Patented Prism Loupe Technology

ErgoPractice News – February 2014 – Article 2 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] 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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Loupes

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

ErgoPractice News – February 2014 – Article 1 By Martin B. Goldstein DMD, FAGD [email protected] 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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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

New Year’s Resolution: Develop Seven Habits for Health and Fitness

ErgoPractice News – January 2014 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] Most of us are very busy and work hard to take care of all the urgent things in our lives. But we often lose sight of a very important thing: our health and fitness. Before we address 2014’s seven habits for health and fitness, I […]

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Posture-Safe Seating

ADA 2013: Health and Fitness Lectures Highlight Ergonomics

ErgoPractice News – December 2013 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] During the 2013 American Dental Association meeting in New Orleans, I attended several lectures on Health and Fitness. They included the Prevention of Work-Related Pain and Injuries, Treating Neck and Back Pain, and Specific Exercise Needs. When the speakers asked their attendees who experience pain […]

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Eye-Safe LED Headlights

Fundamentals of Clinical Illumination and LED Technology

ErgoPractice News – November 2013 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. Then God said, “Let there be light” and then there was light. Lastly, God created man and woman and gave them wonderful eyes which can see everything God created. Without light, or without our eyes to […]

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Ergonomics / Working-Pain

Demystifying Custom Loupes

ErgoPractice News – October 2013 By Jin Chang PhD [email protected] 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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