Gender wise Comparative Study on the Prevalence of Neck Pain among Dentist in Single Dental Treatment
1V. Swaminathan, Dr.P. Sankaralingam and Dr.S. Subbiah
Objective: To ascertain common gender in dental professionals for prevalence of developing neck pain in single dental procedure. Setting and Participants: The dental professionals have private clinics and dental hospitals. Sixty samples were selected, and among this thirty number are grouped in each gender. Outcome Measure: Numerical pain rating scale was used in this study. Result: Both the gender developed pain in neck during single dental treatment application. But the intensity of pain discrepancy is seen in both genders. Conclusion: From the results, both gender of the dentist elicit neck pain during their treatment of the patients. So better they can have ergonomics and neck exercises for prevention of neck pain developing.
Dentist, Neck Pain, Numerical Pain Rating Scale, Posture, Single Dental Treatment and Ergonomics.