Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice
| dc.contributor.author | Odabas B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dildes N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Genc C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Veli I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ozer T. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-24T17:58:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-24T17:58:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.department | Dicle Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To assess the handedness prevelance of orthodontists and analyse the discomfort of left-handed orthodontists on practice. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire about the laterality of orthodontists and their discomfort was prepared and distributed to our orthodontic society members. 173 questionnaires were investigated. Results: Fifteen of the participants were left-handed individuals. Of all the 15 samples, only 1 practitioner had been educated with left hand manipulation while studying dentistry. One of the 7 private practioners preferred left-handed chair for his clinic. Regarding left-handed participants working with right-sided chair, 4 of them thought this situation depresses their treatment quality and 9 of them refused. Most of the left-handed participants complaint about the university education. Conclusions: Left-handed orthodontists afford to adapt themselves to a right-handed world. They could to be educated on left-handed dental chairs to display a more skillful clinical performance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.7126/cdj.2012.1446 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 234 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2146-2852 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-84866324143 | |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q4 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 229 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.7126/cdj.2012.1446 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11468/23959 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 15 | en_US |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Dentistry | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Cumhuriyet Dental Journal | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Handedness. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Left-Handed | en_US |
| dc.subject | Orthodontist | en_US |
| dc.title | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice | en_US |
| dc.title | Handedness of orthodontists and its impact on practice | |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
