Texting in the office......

[cherie tschudi]

flyer_jointhealth_english.pdf

I have attached an article that seems to be an issue in the office at times....many times! This mainly observes tecxting as a joint issue, but I also see texting invading the dental professionals workspace and becoming deangerous.

Do you experience "texters" in your practice? Texting has become an issue in legal matters, traffic rules, and saftey issues these days. It does now, have a place in the office. There are more and more lobby signs to "turn off cell phone" ! But should we have a "no texting " rule in the dental chair?

An even bigger issue is not only the distraction of actually texting in the dental chair, but joint issues in the hands. As I have said before, whole body health is key to the new age of dentistry. The texting issue is two-fold in this way. Countless times a patient will ansewer a text and even try to text while being treated in the dental chair! I kid you not. This can of course pose quite a danger.

Not only should we think of these issues for the sake of the patients saftey, but overall health as well.