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| a disorder of hand or wrist due to compression of median nerve from pinching instrument with no rest or repeated up down wrist movement. |
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a painful disorder of the lower arem and wrist casured by compression of ulnar nerve at wrist.
(bending hand up/down)
or little finger may stick out |
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inflammation of tendons of wrist
repeated bending the hand up down or side to side at wrist. |
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| a painful inflammation of tendons on side of wrist and base of thumb. |
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| disorder of fingers hand and wrist dur to compression of brachial nerve plexus and vessels and tilting head forward. hunched shoulders |
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| how should the head be when operating |
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Definition
| 0-15 degrees and straight not cocked to the side |
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| how far should ones eyesight be from patient working area |
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| what is the supine postition |
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patients heels are slightly higher than tip of nose.
laid back |
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| is the 8 oclock position surfaces toward or surfaces away on the anterior teeth? |
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| surfaces toward starts at mesial surface of what tooth? |
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| what are the 4 ways to use the mirror? |
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-indirect vision
-retraction
-indirect illumintion (light bounces off mirror)
-transillumination (through tooth) |
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