FEP-8 - Ergonomics in Dentistry - Protect Your Money Maker!

Thursday, April 18, 2024

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT

Location: 502 B

Earn 1.0 CE Credits

Speaker(s)

Katrina Klein, RDH

Founder
ErgoFitLife
Orangevale, California

Disclosure(s): Crown Seating: Honorarium (Ongoing); Lumadent: Honorarium (Ongoing); PerioProtect: Honorarium (Ongoing); Young Innovations: Honorarium (Ongoing)

Slides Handouts

Session Host(s)

Kenneth W. Tittle, D.D.S., M.S. (he/him/his)

Endodontist
Tittle Endodontics
Pleasant Hill, California

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Working in dentistry doesn't have to hurt! Stop the aches and pains commonly associated with the practice of dentistry and protect your physical health with the use of ergonomic equipment, practical ergonomic strategies and understanding the important roll that posture enhancing exercises plays in reducing workplace pain. Experience this highly interactive program practicing chairside stretches to make a mind muscle connection for use in a daily release of chronically tight muscles.

Learning Objectives:

Define risk factors for work related pain for dental clinicians.
Impletment practical solutions for a correct workspace.
Demonstrate workday stretches of chronically tight muscle groups to be done chairside.