Swedish dental journal. Supplement
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Comparative Study
Pain and discomfort in the musculoskeletal system among dentists.
The dentists in the Public Dental Service were found to have a high prevalence of pain and discomfort in the locomotor system. Only 60 (17%) dentists reported no pain or discomfort in the study in 1987. Of 359 dentists 72 per cent reported headache and pain and discomfort in the neck and shoulders. ⋯ It can be concluded that pain and discomfort in the locomotor system among dentists had a high incidence. The high incidence among dentists could not be explained by the ergonomic risk factors such as positioning of the patient, use of the mirror or alteration of the dentist's position. Regression analysis showed that personal harmony and age had the highest value for explaining the number of painful sites in the musculoskeletal system.