The historical process of dental chairs

Patients need to maintain a fixed posture for a long time during dental treatment, which often causes discomfort in the shoulders, neck, and lumbar spine.

Integrating more principles of ergonomics into the design of dental chairs to minimize the physical pressure and fatigue of patients is a persistent pursuit of dental chair manufacturing enterprises.

For this reason, more and more ergonomic concepts and humanized operating procedures have been incorporated into the design of dental chairs, which can set different treatment positions (upper and lower teeth and rescue positions) and can be stored in a programmed manner.

The control part of the dental chair has evolved from initial mechanical and electric control to advanced control such as air valve control and electromagnetic valve selection.

In addition, mid to high end dental chairs are often equipped with multifunctional foot control devices, which dentists can use their feet to control and adjust as needed during the treatment process, without stopping the operation of the equipment to achieve the switch action of water and air syringes .

This article reviews the development process of dental chairs and explains how a good dental chair cannot be achieved without innovation and attention to detail, as well as how corporate culture affects the research and continuous improvement of dental chairs, based on the exploration and pursuit of DYM Company, a Chinese dental chair manufacturing enterprise, over the past 17 years.

Since the 2000s, numerous dental equipment manufacturers and researchers have never stopped innovating and improving dental chairs, including DYM from Foshan City.

The invention history of dental chairs can be traced back to the 18th century.

In 1790, Dr. Josiah Flaggi, an American dentist, modified a Windsor writing chair into a dental chair with a soft cushion pillow and a tray on the side for placing therapeutic instruments; In 1832, London dentist James Snelli designed the first lounge chair dental chair; In 1877, American dentist Basil Manly Wilkerson invented the first hydraulic dental chair, which could better stabilize the patient’s back; In 1940, Ritter Company invented a dental chair with standard air pressure, sputum and X-ray equipment, achieving the most important innovation in the history of dental chair development. Nearly twenty years later, the famous dentist Dr. Naughton invented a chair with a backrest in 1957, which could be adjusted to a reclining position, officially marking the emergence of modern dental chairs.

Until today, the dental industry is still using Dr. Naughton’s dental chair design scheme, and based on this, more consideration is given to the comfort of dentists and patients.

DYM company participates in about 15 professional dental exhibitions both domestically and internationally every year, bringing good products and concepts to the country and abroad.

Let more professionals understand the level of oral development in China and witness the development of the domestic oral industry.

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