Is Visiting the Dentist the Same Around the World?
I see a lot of dental practices in the U.S. and have a pretty good grasp on the variation of services that are out there. The following blog post desribes one gentlemen’s recent trip to see a dentist in Sweden. From his description, it sounds like the dental experience in Sweden is very similar to the current state-of-the-art in the U.S. This begs the question, “How does the dental experience vary around the globe?” I’d love to hear some examples.
http://markolson.ca/2008/08/11/visiting-the-swedish-dentist/
6 October 2008 at 9:15 am
i want see some of recently degined dental clinics, please send me some of pictures.
thanks
7 October 2008 at 9:18 pm
Dr Halkai,
I tried sending you some pictures, but the email address you gave me keeps bouncing back. Do you have another email address that I can try?
James
15 October 2008 at 11:29 am
Hi there!
I’ve read ur articles and its veryf informative especially for architecture students like me. I’d like to design a dental clinic but I need more info and resources, can u send me some pictures or links that can help me further. Thank you and more power!
10 November 2008 at 10:46 am
sir,i have read your article,its very informative, i have been practising Dentistry for the past 2 years , i want some tips regarding interior decoration of my clinic.
my room size - 10×8
10 November 2008 at 5:43 pm
Dr Surendran,
I’m glad you found my article of interest. It is not easy to give tips without having actually seen your space, but here are a few things to keep in mind:
1. With a room size of 10 x 8, make sure to leave plenty of space to move around all sides of the chair. This is one of the areas that I see many people make errors and try to put too much into the room. This reduces the movement area around the chairs which can prohibit one’s ability to work on all sides of the patient. This is very important in reducing and eliminating repetitive use injuries.
2. Look at the lighting in the room. Using indirect lighting you want to create good illumination but do not want to blind your patient. The operating lamp should suffice to give you the direct task lighting required.
3. What is in the room for patients to look at when they aren’t receiving treatment? You don’t want your patients to sit in the room and become bored. When they do, they start fixating on problems and becoming agitated. If you can’t hook up video monitors for showing movies, then at least try to hang pleasant artwork or place interesting art pieces on shelves about the room. This breaks up some of the monotony for the patient.
I hope this helps. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to ask!
james