Objectives: Dental impressions are among the potentially infectious items in dentistry. Dental impressions are invariably contaminated with saliva or blood. Such fluids may contain viral or bacterial pathogens including Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Porphyromonas and Prevotella. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of three different types of disinfectants on alginate impression materi...

background and objectives: infection is the most common problem following burn injury. selection and dissemination of intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms increase the probability of burn wound colonization by resistant species including pseudomonas aeruginosa. multi-drug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa has frequently been reported as the cause of nosocomial outbreaks of infection in b...

as pseudomonas, acinetobacter, and staphylococcus that appropriate disinfection can reduce these pathogens. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different disinfectants on gram-negative bacteria isolated from the surface of accidents and burn hospital in yazd. materials and methods: in this study, 240 samples were randomly collected from different parts of accidents and burn hosp...

aims: the internal unit and icu of hospitals are a suitable environment for growing of bacteria such as staphylococcus epidermidis and pseudomonas, acinetobacter. the aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of different disinfectants on bacteria isolated from the surface of hospitals in isfahan. instrument & methods: in this study, 200 samples were randomly selected from different parts of ...

background to achive natural and harmonic restoration color, shade matching is a commonly used method in dental practice using shade guides. to prevent infection,shade guides are required to be disinfected .using of disinfection solutions gradually affect the color of dental equipment. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of three disinfectants sodium hypochlorite solution 5/25%, de...

Background and Aim: Disinfection of dental impression materials can alter their dimensional stability, which in turn can affect the accuracy of dental casts. This study aimed to determine the effect of three disinfectants on the dimensional changes of ir-reversible hydrocolloid impression materials and addition silicones. Materials and Methods: Forty alginate and 40 addition silicone impressio...