Emerging trends related to these musculoskeletal disorders calls for a need to concentrate more on ergonomic awareness and practices in clinical dentistry. Also, specific stretching exercises for dentists, including those specifically designed for the trunk, shoulder girdle, hands, and neck, should be encouraged.
Selection of the dental professional’s stool, patient chair, hand instruments, etc., should be considered from an ergonomics point of view.
Policy makers such as DCI and syllabus regulatory bodies of health universities should devise ways to include ergonomics as part of a syllabus, both theoretically and practically