Proper hand hygiene is acknowledged as the most critical element of an adequate infection control program in the oral healthcare setting. However, adherence to proper hand hygiene protocols is often lacking. Poor compliance with hand hygiene protocols has been attributed to such factors as lack of time, hand irritation, hand dryness, forgetfulness, skepticism over importance, understaffing, per...

BACKGROUND More than 200 different diseases may be transmitted from exposure to blood in the dental setting. The aim of this study is to identify possible faults in the crosscontamination chain control in a dental school clinic searching for traces of blood in the clinical contact surfaces (CCS) through forensic luminol blood test. METHODS Traces of invisible blood where randomly searched in ...

This paper is part of a series describing systems for the provision of oral health care in countries that surround or are near to the Black Sea. It starts by outlining the country and its population structure. It then provides a description of the general and oral public and private health care systems in Ukraine. It describes the dental workforce (dentists, oral hygienists, dental specialists ...

BACKGROUND Child screen viewing (SV) is positively associated with poor health indicators. Interventions addressing rule-based parenting practices may offer an effective means of limiting SV. This study examined associations between rule-based parenting practices (limit and collaborative rule setting) and SV in 6-8-year old children. METHODS An online survey of 735 mothers in 2011 assessed: t...

statement of the problem: no published literature was found studying the people's reasons on why to choose or not to choose a dental care setting in south iran, while understanding their attitude towards choosing their dental care center is consequential for planning a successful oral health care service system.    purpose: to determine the factors affecting how people of the city of shiraz cho...

background: awareness of dental students’ views from the clinical departments will help on developing strategies for qualitative and quantitative improvement of clinical skills. the purpose of this study was an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the clinical departments of babol dental school, from students' views point, to provide feedback for improving of clinical skills train...