Dental Surgery Design & Refurbishment

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The Importance of Good Design for your Clinical Area

A good surgery layout is an ergonomically designed environment that improves productivity of the dental team, and improves the quality of care for dental patients, while protecting the physical well-being of the surgery team. 

Any dental professional will tell you that sitting chair-side all day is very uncomfortable and may result in lower back pain, tendonitis, and/or neuromuscular or musculoskeletal complications. Good Dental Surgery Design ensures seamless integration keeps your equipment where you and your assistant can quickly and comfortably access it. No more getting up during a procedure, or taking your focus off the oral cavity. Because having everything at your fingertips is a more efficient way to practice.

There are hundreds of options for dental chair packages to consider - the make, the model and available formats - plus then all the options to create the specification; integrating those options within the package can avoid additional foot controls, cables and pipes.

Often when rooms are designed, clinical devices are stored on counter tops or in drawers that are not easily accessible and often result in a cluttered dental surgery environment.  When designing your room we will aim to ensure that where possible, any technology is integrated into your dental delivery system, thus providing a more efficient workspace.

Over the last two decades the increase in more complex materials and instrumentation put pressure on practice space; this was followed by the kitchen trend for more cabinetry within the surgery. In more recent times, and due to changing CQC guidelines and the introduction of decontamination rooms, we have seen more practices that relocate some of the less-frequently used equipment to alternative spaces.

The workflow and layout of cabinetry and your equipment selection should balance to improve efficiency, speed, reduced physical stress, patient comfort, access and safety, and optimal visibility for both dentist and dental assistant.

Key Elements to Consider

There are so many ways to design a surgery and the results can vary so much – it can be the chance for you to finally get the room you deserve and to work in the most suitable way.  However, in order to reliably achieve the optimum design, it is vital that there is strong communication between the client, sales person, and the designer.

Our Dental Surgery Design takes into account all of the following:

  • - The type of dentistry
  • - If it is a shared room/ for an associate (who may change)
  • - How the user works/in what position they want to be in; any ailments (like lower back or shoulder pain)
  • - Feedback on historical equipment and layouts (likes/dislikes)
  • - Clients branding and options for different styles of environment
  • - How the practice functions (central storage/surgery storage).
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Once we have an established the wish list for the layout, and selected the most suitable equipment- the final design can create an efficient clutter-free cockpit around the dentist, and an area that best suits the nurse's position and workflow - overall blending ergonomics and aesthetics, without compromising on longevity, reliability or expensive maintenance. Our Surgery Designers at Hague are always looking for the best outcomes for our customers and we strive as a team to make out cusotmers working lives healthier and more enjoyable.
Jim Hague, Sales Director

How we can help

Our team of designers and equipment specialists at Hague have been developing new rooms and refurbishing existing surgeries for over 25 years. 

Our turnkey approach to dental surgery design brings together a selection of eight services that ensure the fit our of your new surgery is a straight forward as possible:

Experienced CAD Designers

By us visiting your practice and you visiting our showroom, we can gain in-depth understanding of your optimal way of working. This is paired with further considerations of the room i.e door position, patient access, windows and lights, and current service positions.

Equipment Selection

Many rooms that we design are of such a shape and size that this dictates the dental chair choice for the room. As suppliers for many of the world's top manufacturers such as Belmont and A-dec we are confident that there will be a model that will suit your space. We also offer an extensive range of pre-owned packages. 

Cabinetry

Bespoke cabinetry can offer much more choice than off-the shelf types and can really utilise each nook and cranny to fit the room. Our medical grade furniture offers the benefit of ensuring it is sealed to avoid it harbouring bacteria and can withstand the higher levels of moisture in the air of a surgery.

Flooring

We offer a large selection of high-grade durable flooring with non-slip resistance. Flooring has come a long way in recent years and we can help you choose a style. Consider a stone, concrete, or wood look for a modern finish that can blend with the other communal areas. 

Build & Services

Ensure your new or adapted room has the correct services for the equipment, sinks, ventilation, etc that you are looking to have installed. This includes the position of plumbing, electrics, and airlines. We work closely with your engineering team to get this right first time.

 

Equipment Installation

You can rest assured that your new equipment will be installed by our highly experienced dental engineers that are all manufacturer trained and highly approachable should you have any questions during the fit out. 

Training

Our team will ensure that you are familiar and confident with your new equipment. Your new equipment may have lots of features that perhaps you haven't had before and its vital that we assist you to get the best out of your investment. We also ensure that you understand the maintenance requirements.

Service Contract

Spread the cost of your annual servicing with a Hague Dental Service Contract for your equipment. Annual servicing is now a requirement in line with CQC. Our team will ensure this is done at a convenient time for the practice and with minimal downtime. 

Surgery Design Case Studies

Ashley Byrne

Ashley Byrne

Dental Surgery Design

Shivika Shah

Shivika Shah

Dental Surgery Design

Jonny Swift

Jonny Swift

Dental Surgery Design

Kate Heffernan

Kate Heffernan

Dental Surgery Design

Hugo Hagen

Hugo Hagen

Dental Surgery Design

Shivika Shah

Shivika Shah

Dental Surgery Design

Visit Our Showroom

Dental Equipment Showrooms

Visualise plans and concepts alongside equipment

Experience the 3,000 sq ft Hague Dental showroom near Gatwick. See the 12 chair packages including the entire A-dec and Belmont equipment range under one roof. Pair this with stunning cabinetry ranges, flooring, and lighting. See reception and decontamination layouts and be inspired by the possibilities in our 'Design Area'.

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Our Step-by-Step Process

  • Step 1: Initial 'No Obligation' Consultation at your Practice

    So how do we get started in helping you design, build, and equip your new surgery? Firstly, we need to come and see you as this will allow us to understand the way you or the clinician using the room works, and to determine if you have any particular requirements. We will measure up and survey the room and for this we would usually need around 15 minutes in each surgery you are looking to refurbish.

  • Step 2: CAD Design Concepts

    After visiting you we will take our findings back to work on with our in-house CAD team. They work on several different 2D and 3D software to develop the space and make suggestions as to which dental chair we feel might work in that room. They will also add a basic plan for cabinetry for now.

  • Step 3: Experience our extensive Gatwick Showroom

    We will then invite you to discuss these plans further at our showroom. Here we not only have the entire A-dec and Belmont range for you to experience, but also medical grade cabinetry setups, digital and x-ray equipment, an extensive selection of stools, and other supportive equipment. Working through the surgery design we work with you to discuss the cabinetry layout, and inspired by our showroom interior design area, we help you tie down the aesthetics of the room.

  • Step 4: Bespoke and Flexible Solutions

    Since 1996 we have provided highly flexible “bespoke” solutions to a wide range of projects. It’s important for us to stress here that every project requires different skill sets and has a different budget. For our turnkey service we provide and coordinate all parties involved in the project however if you prefer to use your own builders, we are happy to coordinate and work alongside them.

  • Step 5: Clear and Concise Quotation

    You should now have a solid understanding of the new layout of the room, the equipment selection, and which services you'd like our team to undertake for you. We are now able to provide a quotation for the work to be undertaken. If there are areas where clear pricing has not been received yet, we can ensure a realistic contingency is added to protect you from any unforeseen costs.

  • Step 6: Finance and Funding Your Project

    Many dental professionals prefer to work with a finance broker on the project. We work alongside nearly all the specialist dental and medical finance companies such as Performance and Braemar etc. and we are happy to arrange an introduction. Please ask for more details.

  • Step 7: Installation and Minimalising Downtime

    Once the project is underway, we will do out utmost to avoid disruption to your daily practice. Where possible and pre-agreed, we work out of hours to ensure you have as little downtime as possible. A 1 (one) surgery refurbishment would take around 7-10 days to complete, depending on how much build work needs to be completed. Your Project Manager will play a vital role at this time to ensure services are positioned correctly before flooring, cabinetry, and equipment is installed.

  • Step 9: Handover & Training for you and your team

    Our team will ensure that you are familiar and confident with your new equipment. Your new equipment may have lots of features that perhaps you haven't had before and its vital that we assist you to get the best out of your investment. We also ensure that you understand the maintenance requirements.

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