Remodeling a dental office has lots of goals that include improved appearance, improved work flow and increased patient satisfaction. When a doctor wants to stay in their current location, another common problem is dealing with patient records that keep growing. Space limitations make more storage a real challenge,

In one recent dental office remodel, the available wall space for files was only 106”. Using two, 36” and one, 30” lateral cabinets, 5-drawers provided 480 patient record filing inches. The alcove was about 30” deep. What could be done to get more records in the space available?

Current Situation (three lateral cabinets, 5-drawer) fit into 106″ alcove:

Current Patient File Area Layout3D Image of Current Layout

3D Illustration of Current Lateral File Cabinets

Solution:
The alcove is about 30” deep. While traditional lateral cabinets are 18” deep, taking most of that space, modern end-tab folder, flipper-door cabinets are only 14” deep. So the available opening will get more capacity with narrower cabinets.

A “Side-Trac” system came to the rescue. Our special, narrow space-saving cabinets are available in 30”, 36” and 42” wide, and just 14” deep. By placing three cabinets in back (2, 36” and 1, 30”) and two in front on movable carriages (1, 36” and 1, 30”), the same space now stores 92% more patient files. This new configuration shown below adds 443 filing inches of storage in the same 106”.

New Moving Cabinet Solution - 3 in back, 2 movable in front

3D Image of New Layout, 3 cabinets in back, 2 in front

Side-Trac Mobile, Side-to-Side Movable Storage Solution

To learn more about high density storage in tight spaces, click on the Side-Trac Picture above or visit our web site, click here.