Side Delivery

PROS:

• Smaller room size
• Patients less threatened by handpieces than with O.T.P delivery

CONS:

• Disinfection/Cleaning of treatment space is labor intensive
• Dr. and assistant must work with >180° range of motion
• Assistant trapped in room
• Room must be heavily stocked
• R/L convertibility poor
• Dr. or assistant cannot reach all supplies
• Specialty equipment cannot be mobily deployed