NCT06799585

Dental Loupes in Pediatric Dentistry Practice Affect Ergonomic Posture

Does Wearing Dental Loupes in Pediatric Dentistry Practice Affect Ergonomic Posture?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of wearing DL on the working posture of pediatric dentists.

Detailed description

In pulpotomy procedures performed with DL in 23 patients and without DL in 23 patients, photographs will taken at a total of 3 times in each patient: at the beginning of the procedure, 15th and 30th minutes. The working postures of the clinicians will analyzed using the Modified-Dental Operator Posture Assessment Instrument (M-DOPAI) method through these photographs.

Conditions

• Ergonomics
• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Pediatric Dentistry

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-02
• Primary completion: 2025-01-01
• Completion: 2025-01-15
• First posted: 2025-01-29
• Last updated: 2025-01-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)