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Occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers: meta-analysis in occupational epidemiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective The occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) is conjectured because of the risk of routine inhalation of potentially contaminated aerosols produced by the dental instruments.
Petti, Stefano, Vitali, Matteo
core   +1 more source

Development of patient information leaflets for fixed, removable, and functional appliances for Arabic-speaking orthodontic patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Objective: To develop Orthodontic Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) in Arabic. Material & method: This study included five phases starting with Arabic translation of existing British Orthodontic Society leaflets; initial face validation with three ...
Bearn, David R.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Molar band re-use and decontamination: a survey of specialists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Objective: To determine the pattern of use and re-use of orthodontic molar bands, and examine infection control measures in a sample of UK orthodontists. Design: Questionnaire survey.
Benson, P.E., Dowsing, P.
core   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SURFACE CONTAMINATION DURING DENTAL TREATMENTS GENERATING AEROSOLS

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2023
Most dental procedures that use handpieces, turbines, US scalers, airflow, and air abrasion tend to produce aerosols in which the patient’s oral fluids are also entrained, with consequences on the health of the medical staff and other patients.
Balcoș Carina   +12 more
doaj  

Assessing Deep Learning Techniques for the Recognition of Tropical Disease in Images from Parasitological Exams

open access: yesBioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2022
Schistosoma mansoni is one of the tropical diseases with the greatest epidemic reach in the world. One of the WHO guidelines is the prior and efficient diagnosis for mapping foci and applying the appropriate treatment of infected people.
Ammar Akram Abdulrazzaq   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial microleakage in endodontically treated teeth following two methods of postspace preparation at two-time intervals: An in vitro study

open access: yesThe Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society, 2022
Aims: The goal of this study was to analyze the bacterial microleakage following two methods (heat vs. rotary) of postspace preparation after two-time intervals (immediate vs. 1 week later). Setting and Design: In vitro-comparative study.
Azam S Mostafavi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial atmospheric contamination during routine dental activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Routine dental procedures cause atmospheric bacterial contamination in the dental clinic and laboratory. This environmental hazard, quantified by the Air Microbial Index, was shown in our study to be directly related to aerosol creating instruments and ...
Debattista, Neville   +2 more
core  

Capacity of dental equipment to interfere with cardiac implantable electrical devices

open access: yes, 2017
Patients with cardiac implantable electrical devices should take precautions when exposed to electromagnetic fields. Possible interference as a result of proximity to electromagnets or electricity flow from electronic tools employed in clinical ...
Brunet i Llobet, Lluís   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A study of blood contamination of Siqveland matrix bands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
AIMS To use a sensitive forensic test to measure blood contamination of used Siqveland matrix bands following routine cleaning and sterilisation procedures in general dental practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen general dental practices in the West of
A H Lowe   +12 more
core   +1 more source

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