Rear Delivery

Rear delivery, also known as 12 o’clock or Behind-The-Patient delivery, places both the dentist’s and assistant’s instruments at the rear of the room mounted either on a mobile cart or cabinet.

This style is becoming more popular for microscope procedures since it places the instruments conveniently in front of the assistant to transfer to the dentist.

Recommended Room Size: 9’ - 12’ wide by 10’ - 12’ deep.

Advantages

• Delivery system is out of patient’s view
• Instrumentation is easily accessible to assistant
• Easy access for patient entry/egress to chair
• No junction box or umbilicals around base of chair

Considerations

• Can be used in narrow size room
• Requires additional hand-to-hand operational movements to reach instruments. (This can be alleviated if assistant transfers handpieces to dentist.)
• May require longer handpiece tubing
• Requires longer treatment room