Dental Stools

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  • Allison Walker
  • 03/09/2018

  Put Your Dental Seating to Work with Brewer’s New Saddle Stools

  Back pain is a common complaint and career-limiting phenomenon in the dental profession. Common treatments for it range from strengthening exercises to physical therapy, massage therapy, and various forms of pain management. Why not avoid all that by letting your dental stool help you build up your core strength over time, and then maintain it...

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  • Marie
  • 02/20/2018

  Is Your Stool Hurting You?

  While the large, soft reclining chair in the middle of the exam room can help ensure a patient’s comfort, the nearby rolling stool for the clinician can pale in comparison. Unfortunately, when a clinician consistently uses seating that is not ergonomically designed, he or she is at risk for the occupational risks of chronic pain and injury. A...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 11/20/2017

  There is No Such Thing as a Forever Chair

  The Brewer Company recently conducted a survey among dentists and hygienists to ask what they look for when purchasing a dental stool. One of the most common aspects mentioned as “very important” was comfort. Comfort may be a matter of preference, but considering the best ergonomics for working in a dental operatory all day is not. Using the...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 11/07/2017

  There is No Such Thing as “Free”

  You know how tempting advertising can be. It can make you buy things you normally wouldn’t, or more things than you planned, against your own better judgment. Once I convinced myself to adopt a dog because it came with a free crate (and all kinds of psychological issues! All resolved over time with lots of love!). Dog crates are expensive, so I...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 06/14/2017

  The Goldilocks Concept

  “Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks.” My parents still swear I am related to her, as well as the Princess in The Princess and the Pea. As the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story goes, Goldilocks basically invades the woodland home of three little bears and proceeds to sample their bowls of porridge, try out their chairs,...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 04/17/2017

  Musculoskeletal Disorders and You—From Day One

  Dental Stools May be the Answer to Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorder As I pondered this topic and started looking for recent statistics pertaining to dentistry, I stumbled across an article on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among dental students. Yup, you read that right—students! I read the article and discovered that a study conducted at the...

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