Table 2: Specialty, posture positions, types of chairs used, and additional hobbies of the dental professionals.
| Variables |
- |
No. |
% |
| Specialty |
General dental practitioners |
20 |
46.5 |
| - |
Surgeons |
10 |
23.3 |
| - |
Resident |
1 |
2.3 |
| - |
Other* |
12 |
27.9 |
| Work posture |
Neutral |
10 |
23.3 |
| - |
Twisted |
33 |
76.7 |
| Type of chair |
Suntem |
35 |
81.4 |
| - |
Other** |
8 |
18.6 |
| Has a dental assistant |
Yes |
17 |
39.5 |
| No |
18 |
41.8 |
| Not always |
8 |
18.6 |
| Instrument accessibility |
Easily accessible |
31 |
72 |
| Difficultly accessible |
12 |
28 |
| Additional works burden neck (reading, using PC or mobile phone and sewing)
|
Yes |
12 |
28 |
| No |
31 |
72 |
* Other specialty and work types include orthodontics, conservative dentistry, dental radiology, operative radiology, and paediatric dentistry. **Other types of dental chairs included: CS 5001, Yaboshi, Electrica, Morita, Automatic, and Karyo types of dental chair trademarks.