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Over the head delivery
   


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PROS

  • Smaller room size
  • Inexpensive to equip
  • Space available for specialty equipment
  • Handpieces at fingertips from the 12 o'clock position
  • Assistant free to circulate
  • Great for dentistry from 7 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions
  • Doctor and assistant range of motion < 90 degrees
  • Patients not threatened by the sight of handpieces
  • Right/Left convertibility is excellent

    CONS

  • Handpieces at doctors non-dominant hand
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