A how-to manual for the dental health team. Begins with an overview of principles of four-handed dentistry, room design, types of delivery systems, and basic equipment selection, then explains techniques used to promote ergonomic principles during routine dental treatment, such as seating, instrument transfer, and oral evacuation. Can be used as a brief supplement for dental assisting courses as well as a professional reference for dental practitioners. Finkbeiner is chairperson of the Dental Assisting Program at Washtenaw Community College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This review of sit-down, four-handed dentistry is an ideal how-to reference manual for the entire dental health team. Extensively illustrated with step-by-step procedure boxes and "how to" pictures, it outlines the implementation of efficient procedures for a productive stress free clinical environment--i.e., how to practice efficiently and how to select equipment that is ergonomically sound--that will improve productivity and reduce strain. Coverage begins with an overview of the principles of four-handed dentistry and motion economy, moves on to treatment room design, types of delivery systems, and basic equipment selection, and then details the basic techniques used to promote ergonomic concepts during routine dental treatment, such as seating the patient and operating team, instrument transfer, oral evacuation. For dentists, dental students, dental assistants, or dental hygienists.
1. Basic Tenets of Four-Handed-Dentistry.
2. Principles of Motion Economy.
3. Treatment Room Design.
4. Types of Delivery Systems.
5. Ergonomic Practice Facts.
6. Equipment Selection.
7. Seating the Patient and Operating Team.
8. Instrument Transfer.
9. Oral Evacuation.
About the Author.
References/Sources.
BETTY LADLEY FINKBEINER, CDA, RDA, MS, is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Education. She is Chairperson of the Dental Assisting Program at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has served in this position for three decades. As chairperson of the Dental Assisting Program, she has created a series of on-line dental assistant courses for on-the-job trained dental assistants to obtain professional credentials.
Betty worked in private practice for the late Joseph Ellis, DDS, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before entering academics. A life member of the ADAA, Betty has served as a consultant to the Dental Assisting National Board. In 1999, she was appointed by the Governor of Michigan to the Michigan Board of Dentistry.
She has authored articles in professional journals and co-authored several textbooks including Practice Management for the Dental Team, Comprehensive Dental Assisting: A Clinical Approach, and Review of Comprehensive Dental Assisting. She has co-authored videotape productions, Medical Emergencies for the Dental Team, Four-Handed Dentistry: An Ergonomic Concept, and Infection Control for the Dental Team.
In addition to her current responsibilities, she provides consulting services to private dental offices in practice management and four-handed dentistry and presents seminars on Ergonomics in Four-Handed Dentistry as well as Fair and Equitable Salary Negotiations for Dental Auxiliaries.
