Table 2 Depiction of all categories with the respective work stages, their explanation and the respective duration
From: Kinematic analysis of work-related musculoskeletal loading of trunk among dentists in Germany
Category | Activity | Details | Duration [min] |
|---|---|---|---|
Treatment (I) | Impression | Taking an impression of the patient’s teeth | 40.8 |
Handicraft activities | Umbrella term for the following activities, respectively all work stages that are not included in the aforementioned activities. | 1790.2 | |
Dental implant procedure: placing an implant | |||
Tooth extraction: extracting a tooth | |||
Pain diagnostic | |||
Dental injection : using a syringe | |||
Palpation | Palpation of TMJ and muscles of mastication | 7.1 | |
Break | Short breaks during the treatment | 53.0 | |
X-ray | Radiographic examination | 26.4 | |
Screening | First screening / check-up of patients | 255.1 | |
Dental handpiece | Using contra-angle/turbine/ultrasonic handpiece during the treatment | 688.9 | |
Office (II) | Treatment plan | Analysis and conception of treatment plans based on dental casts and X-rays (Arbeiten in der Akte/am Model am Schreibtisch) | 4.3 |
Phone calls | Having conversations on the phone | 159.7 | |
Files/computer work | Medical record completion, whether in paper or electronic format | 450.8 | |
Records | Reading patient records (results/dental casts/X-ray) (nur Akteneinsicht) | 970.5 | |
Other activities (III) | Meeting | Medical consultation among peers | 99.3 |
Conversation | Conversations with patients and staff as solitary activity | 1693.9 | |
Hygiene | Hygienic measures (washing/disinfecting hands/ wearing gloves/face masks) | 93.1 | |
Take/deposit instrument | Taking up instruments from a drawer/putting instruments down during and after the treatment | 243.6 | |
Laboratory | Any kind of laboratory work | 179.1 | |
Walk | Covering distances | 230.4 |