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These hazards vary from mild and easily or self curable, as influenza and mental fatigue, to more serious and incurable as AIDS .
Try to bring your patient close to you so that your elbows and arms stay close to your body.
working in standing position, both the back and the neck postures are more asymmetric and at extremes of flexion, or, in other words in ergonomically inappropriate positions while the neck postures when working at a sitting position are more neutral than those postures while standing.
Golden role
All patients should be treated as if they are infectious and routine cross-infection control is necessary when dealing with everypatient.
note: barriers mean gloves; masks; goggles; protective clothing. These serve as protective barriers against the transmission of diseases. Gloves are disposed of after each patient.
Direct contact with materials such as eugenol, phenol, iodine, formalin, some impression materials, topical anaesthia and others could cause allergic contact dermatitis. mercury exposure may lead to Hg poisoning. Adverse health effects of this exposure including
neurological effects have also been well documented
Eye wears
Masks
Pscychological hazards
a. Stress:Coping with difficult or uncooperative patients, over workload, constant drive for technical perfection, underuse of skills, low self-esteem and challenging environment are important factors contributing to stress among dentist. Professional burnout: A syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment.it is best described as a gradual erosion of the person. Anxiety disorder and Depression:Two common and potentially overlapping anxiety disorders are panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD. In panic disorder, feelings of extreme fear and dread strike unexpectedly and repeatedly for no apparent reason They are accompanied by intense physical symptoms like feeling sweaty, weak, faint, dizzy, flushed or chilled; having nausea, chest pain, smothering sensations, or a tingly or numbfeeling in the hands. GAD is characterized by chronic exaggerated worry and tension, even though little or nothing has provoked it.
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