47 Recently, I presented to the Board of Health of the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit the results of a survey of dental care among what are classified as high-risk families in one of the health unit’s programs. The survey was piggybacked on the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children (HBHC) Program, which is offered under the Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines of the On...

Occupational noise is unavoidably produced from dental equipment, building facilities, and human voices in the dental environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of occupational noise exposure on the dental professionals' health condition. The psychoacoustics approach noise exposure assessment followed by the health risk assessment was carried on at the paediatric denti...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Dental handpiece is a source of contamination because it is in constant touch with the oral cavity. Sterilization does not seem to be sufficient to prevent penetration of microorganisms into air and water lines of the unit, because negative pressure developed by valves (which are placed in water outlets) and post shut-off inertial rotation of handpiece result in water and de...

These policy statements on Education, Research, Licensure and Certification, Access and Delivery of Care, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Partnerships, and Public Policy Advocacy are intended as recommendations and guidelines for allied, predoctoral, and postdoctoral dental education institutions, programs, and personnel. When used in this document, “dental education” refers to all asp...

Farzaneh AGHAJANIi'2, Zulia HASRATININGSIHi'3 and Toshiko MORIi'4 iBiomaterials Science Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia2Department of Dental Materials, Faculty ef Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran aDepartment of Dental Materials, Faculty ef Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Jalan Sekeloa Selat...

The effects of two ultrasonic cleaning units on surface deterioration and cleaning effectiveness of dental burs were compared in this study. The units tested were the Dextrex Model L 503B (Dextrex Chemical Industries, Inc., Bowling Green, KY) industrial ultrasonic unit and a conventional dental ultrasonic unit L & R T-21 B (L & R Manufacturing Co., Kearny, NJ). SEM photomicrographs of the burs ...

Background and Aim: Bacterial contamination of clinical surfaces of dental units that have been touched or been exposed to patients’ blood or saliva can be a reservoir for infections, leading to cross-contamination. This study aimed to evaluate bacterial contamination in the clinical environment of Sari Dental School in 2018. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional (descriptive-analytic...