How to Set Up a Dental Office

How to Set up a dental office.

Being a dentist I understand how irritating it can be to work in an unorganized space. If you work for a medical firm dealing with various specialities (a polyclinic or a hospital ) it can frustrate the management to have the dentist micromanage the setting and not just accept the standard office provided to every doctor. To the lay person dental equipment looks pretty high tech and well they could probably make more sense of a NASA work station.

We dentist tends to get very excited at the prospect of a newly designed bur, just looks like a very insignificant ridiculously expensive metal splinter to most. So hopefully this will help some designer looking for some insight.

As for the equipment…..

1. Please contact the dentist BEFORE you order the equipment. The most expensive one may not be the best. And while everything looks similar to you, tiny specifications will be the difference between excellence and ordinary.

2. Yes, the wireless UV light is expensive but we work in a limited area and to have to accommodate a frightened patient, an electrical board, a short wire and have assistant hand us the material in 10 sec is difficult. Wherever possible either incorporate the equipment into the chair or opt for wireless-battery operated. This applies to the Scaler too.

3. Do not skimp on The X-Ray unit and the Lead Apron. (We love kids too and would love to have some one day!)

4. The lower end dental chairs will have manual light control. I know you’re thinking how difficult would it be to switch on a light. Try this - place yourself near a dark alley for a day and each time someone comes by, put the light on and out when they leave. Annoying isn’t it? We work in a messy gooey joint and our assistants often have expensive material at hand that have to be mixed inserted and set all in a matter of seconds. Yes, the motion sensor is worth the money.

Now for the Setup

1. There are two kinds of dental offices one where the...