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Dentistry Journal, 2022 Objective: This study compared the aerosol and splatter diameter and count numbers produced by a dental mouth prop with a suction holder device and a saliva ejector during ultrasonic scaling in a clinical setting.
Nutthawadee Engsomboon +2 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019 Background: Dental anxiety is a common reason for avoiding dental visits and is associated with poor dental status. The short version of Dental Anxiety Inventory (SDAxI) is an easy-to-use, multi-faceted questionnaire for assessing the level of trait ...
Andy Wai Kan Yeung +7 more
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Status of public sector dental health-care services in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2022 Background and Objectives: Primary health centers (PHCs) are the foundation of rural health services in India. The nonavailability of reports on the status of dental care services at public health-care centers in rural Andhra Pradesh prompted us to ...
Chandrasekhara Reddy Vuyyuru +2 more
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Impact of dentists and equipment in the performing dental imaging examinations: a longitudinal analysis [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2022 : In this study, we aimed to identify factors associated with performing dental imaging examinations in public health services. Brazilian data at the municipal level (n = 5,564) in two time periods, P0 (2005–2007) and P1 (2014–2016), were collated from ...
Danielle Bianca de Lima Freire +5 more
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Water Contamination Risks at the Dental Clinic
Biology, 2020 Dental clinics, furnished with an array of specialized equipment, are commonplace, particularly in industrialized countries. Minimizing the risk of infection at the dental practice requires the formulation and implementation of strict protocols.
Marco Cicciù
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A four-part setting on examining the anxiety-provoking capacity of the sound of dental equipment
Noise and Health, 2011 This paper reports the results of a four-part questionnaire survey to assess the effects of the sound of dental equipment on people′s perceptions and dental anxiety levels.
Hai Ming Wong +2 more
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Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2018 Around the globe many people are suffering from oral pain and other problems of the mouth or teeth. This public health problem is growing rapidly in developing countries where oral health services are limited.
Shary Josephin +2 more
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Is water in dental units microbiologically safe?
Medycyna Pracy, 2015 Background: Water supplied to the dental units must be of sufficient quality. The article presents the results of the microbiological analysis of cold municipal water which flows into a patient’s disposable mouthwash cup, and demineralized water which ...
Michał Michałkiewicz +2 more
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RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia, 2022 Objective: To analyze the dental equipment microbial contamination and to test different disinfectants, collaborating with the protocols control of cross infection in dental care.
Stephanie Cezar de Mello TONELLO +4 more
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Quality Control in Dental Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Applied Sciences, 2021 Poor medical equipment may lead to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis by doctors, leading to medical accidents. Given the differences in imaging methods, the performance determination method for conventional computed tomography (CT) does not apply to ...
Jin-Feng Huang +2 more
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