• Dental Work Risk Assessment

    Assess your ergonomic and discomfort risk factors for dental work. Complete all sections to determine your risk level and receive recommendations.
  • Work Demand Load (Select all that apply)*
  • Where do you feel discomfort, tightness or fatigue? (Select all that apply)*
  • Neck endurance*
  • Shoulder endurance*
  • Elbow endurance*
  • Wrist endurance*
  • Grip endurance*
  • Core endurance/Low Back*
  • What are you currently doing to manage your discomfort?*
  • How effective are your current strategies?*
  • Are you ready to implement a structured plan to reduce your risk?*

  • Understanding Your Risk Score
    Your score provides an estimate of your current risk for developing work-related aches, fatigue, and musculoskeletal strain based on your work demands, posture habits, movement capacity, and reported symptoms. This assessment is designed for educational and injury-prevention purposes only and is not a medical diagnosis.

     

    15-35 (Low Risk): Your current habits and physical capacity suggest a lower risk of developing work-related discomfort. Continue maintaining healthy movement, strength, and recovery strategies to support long-term career longevity.

     

    36-60 (Moderate Risk): Some risk factors are present. You may already be experiencing occasional tightness, fatigue, or discomfort, and the physical demands of dentistry may begin affecting your long-term comfort and performance if left unaddressed. Improving your movement habits, physical capacity, and recovery strategies can help reduce future injury risk. 

     

    61–90 (High to Severe Risk): Significant risk factors are present, indicating an increased likelihood of developing persistent aches, pain, or work-related musculoskeletal issues. You may already be noticing recurring discomfort that impacts your ability to tolerate the physical demands of your profession. Proactive intervention, targeted movement strategies, and improving physical capacity are strongly recommended to support career longevity and reduce injury risk.

     

    Remember: The goal is not perfect posture or avoiding movement—it's building a body that can better tolerate the demands of your profession. Prevention is most effective before symptoms become limiting.

  •  Most dental professionals are taught posture and ergonomics.

    Very few are taught how to build a body that can withstand dentistry.

    The Dental Physical Therapist App gives you quick, evidence-informed programs designed specifically for the demands of the operatory.

     

    Start building resilience today!

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    The Dental Physical Therapist provides educational instruction related to injury prevention, posture, ergonomics, and occupational performance specific to dental professionals. This content is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice, physical therapy treatment, diagnosis, or the establishment of a patient-provider relationship. Partipants/viewers are solely responsible for seeking individualized medical evaluation and clearance for any current or prior medical conditions and assume all risks associated with implementation of the educational strategies, posture assessments, ergonomics education and injury prevention exercises presented. If a participant/viewer has a current medical or neuromusculoskeletal condition, it is their responsibility to either refrain from participating in the educational activities or exercises, or obtain clearance from an appropriate medical professional before participating in any instruction or exercises provided by the Dental Physical Therapist.

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