Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice
Objective: To assess the handedness prevelance of orthodontists and analyse the discomfort of left-handed orthodontists on practice.Materials and Methods: A questionnaire about the laterality of orthodontists and their discomfort was prepared and distributed to our orthodontic society members. 173 q...
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| author | Bahadir Odabas Celal Genc İlknur Veli Neval Dildes Torun Ozer |
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| description | Objective: To assess the handedness prevelance of orthodontists and analyse the discomfort of left-handed orthodontists on practice.Materials and Methods: A questionnaire about the laterality of orthodontists and their discomfort was prepared and distributed to our orthodontic society members. 173 questionnaires were investigated.Results: Fifteen of the participants were left-handed individuals. Of all the 15 samples, only 1 practitioner had been educated with left hand manipulation while studying dentistry. One of the 7 private practioners preferred left-handed chair for his clinic. Regarding left-handed participants working with right-sided chair, 4 of them thought this situation depresses their treatment quality and 9 of them refused. Most of the left-handed participants complaint about the university education.Conclusion: Left-handed orthodontists afford to adapt themselves to a right-handed world. They could to be educated on left-handed dental chairs to display a more skillful clinical performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1f4087854fa458e84b1ed78a565aa392023-09-03T07:37:23ZengCumhuriyet UniversityCumhuriyet Dental Journal1302-58052146-28522012-03-0115322923410.7126/cdj.2012.14462057Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practiceBahadir OdabasCelal Gencİlknur VeliNeval DildesTorun OzerObjective: To assess the handedness prevelance of orthodontists and analyse the discomfort of left-handed orthodontists on practice.Materials and Methods: A questionnaire about the laterality of orthodontists and their discomfort was prepared and distributed to our orthodontic society members. 173 questionnaires were investigated.Results: Fifteen of the participants were left-handed individuals. Of all the 15 samples, only 1 practitioner had been educated with left hand manipulation while studying dentistry. One of the 7 private practioners preferred left-handed chair for his clinic. Regarding left-handed participants working with right-sided chair, 4 of them thought this situation depresses their treatment quality and 9 of them refused. Most of the left-handed participants complaint about the university education.Conclusion: Left-handed orthodontists afford to adapt themselves to a right-handed world. They could to be educated on left-handed dental chairs to display a more skillful clinical performance.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/48340left-handedorthodontisthandedness |
| spellingShingle | Bahadir Odabas Celal Genc İlknur Veli Neval Dildes Torun Ozer Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice Cumhuriyet Dental Journal left-handed orthodontist handedness |
| title | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice |
| title_full | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice |
| title_fullStr | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice |
| title_short | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice |
| title_sort | handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice |
| topic | left-handed orthodontist handedness |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/48340 |
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