; ERGONOMIC PRINCIPLES IN MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY (REVIEW)

Ergonimics is the science of labor. The subject of its research is the interrelationship between human, technology and the environment in the labor process. The development of ergonomics is closely related to the level of socio-economic development of the Country. The principles of ergonomics are becoming increasingly important in managing all areas of medicine. Since dentistry is one of the fastest growing areas of medicine in terms of technology, it is important to constantly monitor the requirements of ergonomics in order to ensure technological progress with adequate labor recommendations that will help specialists adapt to innovations and thus improve the quality of service.; In dentistry the effectiveness of the labor process is determined by the qualification of the workers, the specifics of working conditions and the adaptations of the personal to this conditions. The development of the correct recommendations on this issue is one of the most important tasks of ergonomics, however, the practical implementation of such recommendations is somewhat problematic. The presented review discusses the conditions for introducing ergonomic principles and risk factors that cause the incomplete implementation of these principles. The review is based on the articles published over the past 5 years in journals indexed in the Science Direct, Scopus, and PubMed databases. The analysis of the collected information revealed the necessity of:; - studying of the patterns of interaction between human, equipment (technology) and environmental factors in order to improve the activities of service providers;; - ergonomic assessment of working conditions and dynamic detection of "occupational harmful factors" to create an ergonomic environment reflecting the changes of the socio-economic conditions in the Country;; - development of the theoretical bases of the functioning of the "human-operator", taking into account the operating conditions of technological systems and the peculiarities of environmental factors;; - development of ergonomic prognoses and hypotheses for the development and improvement of the human labor process.