Studies showed that dentists and dental staff working with amalgam are chronically exposed to mercury that accumulates in their bodies in higher levels than those individuals not occupational exposed to mercury. Mercury levels in dental staff averaged at least 2 times that of control subjects in hair, nails, urine and blood. This study aimed to review long-standing mercury monitoring concentrat...

Dental professionals are predisposed to a number of occupational hazards. These include exposure to infections (including Human Immunodeficiency Virus and viral hepatitis); percutaneous exposure incidents, dental materials, radiation, and noise; musculoskeletal disorders; psychological problems and dermatitis; respiratory disorders; and eye insults. Percutaneous exposure incidents remain a main...

OBJECTIVE The Common Risk Factor Approach proposes that public health efforts can be improved by multiple agencies working together on a shared risk factor. The present study aimed to assess the acceptability to parents, dental practice staff and commissioners of the delivery of dietary advice in the dentistry setting in order to address obesity. DESIGN Semi-structured focus groups with denta...

The elderly population in Sweden is growing and as a result of that, society is facing different types of challenges. Oral hygiene is important for preventing oral disease but also for the general health (GH). A goal for the Swedish dental society is that every inhabitant should have an equal right to dental-care and oral health (OH) under the same conditions. This is not only a challenge for d...

A hand-held, battery-powered dental intraoral x-ray system (60 kV, constant potential output) was compared to a conventional, wall-mounted intraoral x-ray system (70 kVp, self-rectified output) in terms of image quality, and patient and staff radiation doses. The image quality comparison included quantitative measurements of image sharpness (resolution) and contrast. Patient doses were compared...

dental professionals are predisposed to a number of occupational hazards. these include exposure to infections (including human immunodeficiency virus and viral hepatitis); percutaneous exposure incidents, dental materials, radiation, and noise; musculoskeletal disorders; psychological problems and dermatitis; respiratory disorders; and eye insults. percutaneous exposure incidents remain a main...

Although identification of risks to dental healthcare workers has been explored in several industrialized nations, very little data is available from developing countries. This paper examines the occupational hazards present in the dental environment and reports survey results concerning attitudes and activities of a group of Nigerian dental care providers. A survey on occupational hazards was ...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to assess the level of primary knowledge among school staffs in iran with regards to the immediate management of dental trauma. methods: the data, from 160 participants, were collected using questionnaire, which surveyed staff’s background, attitude and knowledge of dental trauma management. results: the total number of school staff who responded to a...

AIM To assess and compare, for the first time, the quantity and quality of dental undergraduate teaching in conscious sedation in the dental schools of the UK and Ireland. This was achieved using a prospective, questionnaire-based survey. METHODS Questionnaires were designed to collect information about undergraduate sedation education from teaching staff and final year dental undergraduates ...