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September 2008
Dentistry Today:
“Operator Stools: How Selection and Adjustment Impact your Health" -  B. Valachi

September 2008
Dental Economics:
“Neck Health: The 3 Ergonomic Criteria for Loupes Selection"-  B. Valachi

July 2008
Woman Dentist Journal:
“Preventing Pain in Dentistry: It's a S-T-R-E-T-C-H” -  B. Valachi

July 2008
Dental Economics:
“Trapezius Myalgia: Making Dentistry a pain in the Neck--and Head"-  B. Valachi

April 2008
Dental CE Digest:
“Ergonomics and Injury in the Dental Office” -  B. Valachi

February 2008
California Dental Association Journal:
“Musculoskeletal Health of the Woman Dentist: Distinctive Interventions for a Growing Population"-  B. Valachi

March 2007
Dental Practice Report:
“Dentists, Golf and Low Back Pain” -  B. Valachi

January 2007
Dental Pratice Report:
“Fitness for Dentists"-  B. Valachi

October 2006
Modern Hygienist:
“Chairside Stretching: Preventing Pain in Dental Hygiene” -  B. Valachi

September  2006
Dental Practice Report:
“Move It. 3 Strategies to move toward a Pain Free Practice” -  B. Valachi

June 2006
Modern Hygienist: “Can Delivery Systems Deliver Pain?” -  B. Valachi 

May 2006
Dental Practice Report: “Pain Prevention: How to Ergonomize your Front Office” -  B. Valachi

March/April 2006
Australian Dental Practice:
“Balancing Your Musculoskeletal Health: Preventing & Managing Work-related Neck Pain” -  B. Valachi

April 2006
Dental Practice Report: “Magnification: The Short Working Distance Epidemic” -  B. Valachi

March 2006
Dental Practice Report: “Is it really Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?” -  B. Valachi

February 2006
Modern Hygienist: “Moving Toward a Pain-Free Practice” -  B. Valachi
 
January 2006
DentalCompare.com: "Selecting Patient Chairs: Ergonomic Considerations" – B. Valachi  
 
January 2006
Contemporary Oral Hygiene:  “Operator Seating: Sizing It Up” – B. Valachi.
 
December 2005
Dental Practice Report: "Positioning Priorities: Top 10 things to look for in a patient chair." – B. Valachi
 
October 2005
Dental Practice Report: "Are Right Angles..Wrong?: What research says about operator seating" – B. Valachi

June 2005
Contemporary Oral Hygiene:
"Taking Dental Ergonomics to a New Level: Avoiding the 10 Common Mistakes Dental Hygienists Make". - B Valachi. Hygienists may earn CEUs from this article.
 
May 2005
Dental Practice Report:
"Exercise for dental professionals: Strengthening Exercises that can Improve or Worsen Dentist's Health"
- B Valachi.

January 2005
ADAA Home Study Course: “Ergonomics in Dental Assisting”.- B Valachi. Home study course will be available through the ADAA in 2005.

January 2005
Dentistry Today Article: “Operator Seating: the Tall and Short of It”. - B Valachi, K Valachi.

December 2004

Contemporary Oral Hygiene: "Managing Muscles: Neck and Shoulder Pain Among Dental Hygienists". - B Valachi. Hygienists may earn CEUs from this article.

September 2004
Burkhart Concepts: "The Prolific Hygienist: An ounce of prevention; a pound of productivity". - B Valachi.

May 2004
Doctorate Thesis: ““The Effectiveness of the Posturedontics® Dental Ergonomics & Injury Prevention Program for Dental Hygienists in Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders" - Alexander L, Turnham L

April 2004
Burkhart Concepts: “Magnification: “Dentistry Shouldn’t be a Pain in the Neck” - B Valachi.

March 2004

RDH Magazine Article: “Chairside Stretching” - B Valachi.

December 2003
JADA (Journal of the American Dental Association): “Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in clinical dentistry. Strategies to address the mechanisms leading to MSDs.

October 2003

JADA (Journal of the American Dental Association): “Mechanisms leading to the development of MSDs in dentistry” (Part I of a two-part series). - B Valachi, K Valachi.

July 2003
Dimensions of Dental Hygiene: “Improving your Musucloskeletal Health” - B Valachi.

January 2003
Dental Products Report: “Position yourself in 2003: Trends in Exercise and Injury Prevention” (Part 2). - B Valachi, K Valachi.

November 2002
AGD PACE APPROVAL Posturedontics’ seminars, consulting services and videos received PACE (Program Approval for Continuing Education) approval from the Academy of General Dentistry.

December 2002
Dental Products Report: “Position yourself in 2003: Trends in Ergonomics and Injury Prevention” (Part 1) - B Valachi, K Valachi.


 

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