Comparing Over-The-Head Dental Workstations - Engle, Ergonomic Products, And Forest

A look at the features of Over-The-Head dental delivery systems from Engle Dental Systems, Forest Dental, and Ergonomic Products, with Dr. David Ahearn.

Dr. Ahearn is the Founder and President of Design Ergonomics and Ergonomic Products. He has dedicated his career to making it easier for practitioners to provide great dental care.

At Design Ergonomics (https://www.desergo.com), we help dentists create the most efficient, productive, and beautiful practices to meet their unique goals. Our design approach, developed over 25 years of working exclusively for the dental industry, has a proven track record for high-flow, high-efficiency success.

Our sister company, Ergonomic Products (https://www.ergonomic-products.com), designs and manufactures the most productive dental delivery systems on Earth, as well as the dental lights, in-wall cabinets, dental patient chairs, and sterilization centers to support their systems of enhanced dental delivery. Their dental delivery workstation has been an essential part of the performance revolution that has made much of the dental office workflow improvements at Design Ergonomics possible.

This perhaps begs the question, if you design with Design Ergonomics, do you have to utilize the equipment from Ergonomic Products? The answer to that is a resounding “No!” Our practice designs create more efficiency and a better patient experience no matter what equipment you use.

However, you will suffer performance decreases by utilizing any other equipment. Remember, all the other equipment on the market was designed for every dentist. Any dentist. Fast and slow, efficient and not, organized or chaotic, and it is sold through a chain of middleman. Both of these factors raise the cost and, as a result, require manufacturing compromises. 30 to 50% of the value disappears through that process!

Ergonomic Products doesn't have to do that. We have no middleman, no dealers, no bean counters. If we want to make something out of stainless steel instead of brass - we just do it. If we want to spend a ton of money on R&D and performance research. We just do it. And the results speak for themselves. Our users are the most productive dentists on the planet. Even with associate dentists our users are producing at two, three and even four times the national average. all while experiencing greater comfort, quality and ease of use.