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The Operatory Dental office design in the Pacific Northwest

Edition of 16/09/2026 28 entries, 4 sections Last revision: 16/09/2026

Section 1of fourWho does what

The parties on a dental office project, their scope of work and the point where each responsibility ends. The entries are listed by phase of the project, then in the order they were revised.

4 entries, revised between 11/09/2025 and 19/08/2026.

How the section is ordered

  • An entry belongs to one phase: the work of that phase is what decides it.
  • The share column reads the section, not the project: it shows how much of this section a phase carries.
  • The order inside a phase is the date of the last revision, newest last.

No public body publishes a staffing model. How many assistants work a chair is a practice decision, and no code, register or manufacturer sheet carries a figure for it.

Synthesis of the section

4 entries, 2 phases

Phases of this section, the entries they carry and their share of it
Rank Phase Entries Revisions Share of the section
01 Program Who does what in a dental office project; The dental team and the floor plan 11/09/2025 to 30/09/2025 50 %
02 Build Workflow and staff movement; Ergonomics for dental staff 31/07/2026 to 19/08/2026 50 %

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All entries

Program 2 entries

Who does what in a dental office project · Program
Documentary photograph of two people in hard hats and one in clinical scrubs standing in an unfinished room with exposed ceiling ducts, pointing at a marked floor area in cold daylight.

The roles behind a dental office plan, from dentist and practice manager to architect, equipment planner, contractor and inspector.

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The dental team and the floor plan · Program
A receptionist at a curved front desk looks up from a monitor toward an open waiting area, tall windows behind the seating and daylight falling across the counter surface.

How each dental team role, from front desk to sterilization, generates its own spatial needs in a working office plan.

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Build 2 entries

Workflow and staff movement through a dental office · Build
A staff member in scrubs carrying a tray through a corridor past a closed operatory door, photographed from behind in even ceiling light.

How daily workflow shapes a dental office plan, covering staff travel paths, supply movement, patient routing and the reduction of crossings.

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Ergonomics for dental staff: posture, reach and room layout · Build
A dentist seated on a stool at a treatment chair with an assistant beside, both leaning toward the working area, equipment arm above and cabinets behind.

How ergonomics for dental staff translates into room layout, covering seated posture, reach zones, support surfaces and adjustability.

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