Over the Patient Delivery

PROS:

• Smaller room size
• Inexpensive to equip
• Space available for specialty equip
• Handpieces at fingertips from the 12 o’clock position

CONS:

• Disinfection/Cleaning of treatment space is labor intensive
• Dr. and assistant must work with >180° range of motion
• Assistant trapped in room during procedure
• Dental equipment intrusive to patients visual/personal space
• Room must be heavily stocked
• R/L convertibility fair to poor depending on unit selected
• Dr. or assistant cannot reach all supplies
• Inefficient from the 7 o’clock position