When did that layout become a thing? Are the rooms set up that way to enable the dental assistants to easily move from patient to patient to be more "efficient"? or is a function of "open concept" as applied to offices? I find it off-putting...as in whatever happened to patient privacy and HIPAA? |
By assembly room layouts I mean all the patient chairs are in one large room, like a hair salon.
Maybe privacy is not an issue as the staff expects the patients to sit there with their mouths open and not speak. For something as custom as a new smile (where everyone's mouth architecture has slight nuances) just me but I find the assembly room layout to be off putting. |
Most have always been open concept. I hate it too. |
Um, no. Had braces several times years ago and the patients were seen in small individual rooms. Guess the key is um, years ago.
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i had braces in the 70s and all the chairs were in one room. my kids in the 90s had the same setup. |
Um, um, are you sure you still do not have braces, um, now, little girl? |
OP. Nope, no braces now. But with invisalign, not too many adjustments need to be made so minimal time in any chair in any assembly line kind of room. |
My kid’s ortho was like that too, didn’t like it |
I had braces as a kid once (private room, 1980s) and as an adult (3 chair “public” room, 2015ish). I assumed it was just a difference in orthodontists but maybe this is a new trend. The part I didn’t like in the public room was that it would always be a couple of 12 year olds and me! |
And I’ll add that my dentist uses the private room set up like a doctor’s office, except that the dentist rooms are always open door thereby negating any privacy you’d have in your conversations. I’m fine with it, though! |
My orthodontist had that set up when I had my braces in the early 90s, so it’s definitely not new. My kids’ current ortho has that same set up. They do have a private office for discussions/consults etc. |
Fine with open doors to individual rooms. Not real keen on hair salon style/open concept patient procedures.
When I had braces in the 70s one dentist who did the work and he did in an individual room with an open door. |
My orthodontist has this, and there is a separate "adult room" too which I am usually in. When they do put me in the main room, it's always at the far end so it's a bit me private. |
My dentist has 4 cubicles, which I don't mind. They're semi private. You can't really see other people, or hear anything due to the variety of machines and tools.
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It’s a set up that makes a lot of sense when the majority clientele is kids/teenagers so that there isn’t opportunity to abuse or falsely accuse of abuse. |