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Contaminated dental instruments

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2002
There is current concern in the UK over the possible transmission of prions via contaminated surgical instruments. Some dental instruments (endodontic files) raise particular concerns by virtue of their intimate contact with terminal branches of the trigeminal nerve.
M. Dickson, Jeremy Bagg, J. Aitken, Andrew Smith   +3 more
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Autoclaving of lubricated dental instruments

European Journal of Oral Sciences, 1978
abstract— Test organisms forced mechanically into lubricated, rotating dental instruments (hand pieces) were all killed during autoclaving at 134®C for 8 min, even when protected by serum and oil. The test organisms were: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, and spores of Bacillus stearothermophilus.
Kristin Reimers Kardel, Ida K. Hegna, Mikkel Kardel   +2 more
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Cleaning and Sterilization of Dental Instruments

2019
All health-care professionals are responsible for maintenance and ensuring sterility of instruments used in medical care. The dental profession is no exception to this rule, and all staff and dentists are responsible for preventing infection control breaches in the operatory.
John A. McDaniel, Devon L. Allison
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Sterilization and disinfection of dental instruments

Dental Nursing, 2009
In this instalment of a series examining and exploring the HTM 01–05 document, the importance of sterilization is explained. It is important that dental care professionals follow the correct procedural testing for the equipment that is used in the surgery.
K. Porter
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Plasma cleaning of dental instruments [PDF]

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2004
The theoretical risk of prion transmission via surgical instruments is of current public and professional concern. These concerns are further heightened by reports of the strong surface affinity of the prion protein, and that the removal of organic material by conventional sterilization is often inadequate. Recent reports of contamination on sterilized
R.L. Baxter, A. G. Whittaker, Patricia R. Richardson, Anita C. Jones, Emmelyn M. Graham, Alastair Aitken, G Meek, H. C. Baxter, G.A. Campbell   +8 more
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Object Recognition for Dental Instruments Using SSD-MobileNet

2019 International Conference on Information Science and Communication Technology (ICISCT), 2019
In recent technological developments, robot-assisted surgery has become popular due to its tremendous prospects in enhancing the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery, yet very little effort has been made to make these tools available to ...
H. Ali, Mahrukh Khursheed, Syeda Kulsoom Fatima, Syed Muhammad Shuja, Dr. Shaheena Noor   +4 more
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Veterinary Dental Instruments [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, 1991
Efforts to design dental instruments specifically for veterinary dentistry are being approached by various companies. Cislak has developed these instruments for the veterinary patient. A description of the instruments and their application is included with accompaning photographs.
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DBD plasma as a practical approach to sterilization of dental instruments

Physica Scripta
Microbe control and decontamination are necessary for medical equipment that will be used again. Several wet and dry sterilizer technologies, like as autoclaves, ovens, UV systems, and chemical agents, have been widely used to eliminate the possibility ...
Raghad S. Mohammed, M. F. Al Marjani
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Pulpar temperature changes during mechanical reduction of equine cheek teeth: comparison of different motorised dental instruments, duration of treatments and use of water cooling.

Equine Veterinary Journal, 2013
REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Although equine motorised dental instruments are widely used, there is limited information on their thermal effect on teeth.
J. M. O’Leary, Tim P. Barnett, Tim D H Parkin, Padraic M. Dixon, S. Barakzai   +4 more
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A Systematic Review of Critical Thinking Instruments for Use in Dental Education.

Journal of Dental Education, 2019
Critical thinking is widely recognized as an essential competency in dental education, but there is little agreement on how it should be assessed. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the availability of instruments that could be used to ...
P. Anders, E. Stellrecht, E. Davis, Willard D. McCall   +3 more
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