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Nontraumatic Dental Condition-related Visits to Emergency Departments on Weekdays, Weekends and Night Hours: Findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objective: To determine whether the rates of nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC)-related emergency department (ED) visits are higher during the typical working hours of dental offices and lower during night hours, as well as the associated factors ...
Fischer, Melissa Christine   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluation of the observation of infection control protocols in dental offices during the COVID-19 pandemic based on centers for disease control and prevention guidelines in Zahedan in 2020-2021

open access: yesJournal of Craniomaxillofacial Research, 2023
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was identified as a significant threat to health worldwide. During dental procedures, large amounts of aerosols are produced; therefore, dentists, the staff, and patients are exposed to the virus.
Sahel Ramezani, Aryan Hesam Arefi
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative Health Risk Assessment of the Chronic Inhalation of Chemical Compounds in Healthcare and Elderly Care Facilities

open access: yesToxics, 2022
Previous studies have described the chemical pollution in indoor air of healthcare and care facilities. From these studies, the main objective of this work was to conduct a quantitative health risk assessment of the chronic inhalation of chemical ...
Anaïs Colas   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on staphylococcus spp in biofilm formation in water pipes and sensibility to antibiotics

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2016
Water from dental equipment presents risks for surgeon-dentists as well as for patients because it might work as a means of dissemination/ transmission of microorganisms.
Marcelo Lancellotti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of dental waste production rate and management in Sari, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2014
Dental offices produce a variety of dangerous wastes during normal business day. Most of these waste are non-hazardous that can be managed as household wastes; however, some component are hazardous and can pose a risk to human and the environment if ...
Mohammad Ali Zazouli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Mercury, as any other heavy metal, may cause environmental damages due to its accumulation and biotransformation. Dental offices, whether private or institutional, use dental amalgam as a restorative material on a daily basis.
ALBERGUINI, Leny Borghesan Albertini   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Infection prevention and control protocols in dentistry: Canadian guidelines [PDF]

open access: yesStomatološki glasnik Srbije, 2022
Introduction A risk of transmission of infectious diseases has always been an inherent part of dental practice. Easily communicable respiratory and blood borne diseases have prompted dental communities to establish, evaluate, update and monitor infection
Stojičić Sonja, Obrenović Vladimir
doaj   +1 more source

Data on composition and production rate of dental solid waste and associated management practices in Qaem Shahr, Iran 2016

open access: yesData in Brief, 2018
This report investigates to analyse the production of waste in dental offices of Qaem Shahr city. In this study, from 120 dental offices in Qaem Shahr city, 21 offices were selected through random sampling.
Monireh Majlesi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental office contamination during dental treatment.

open access: yesTHE JOURNAL OF THE STOMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY,JAPAN, 1988
Presently, dental office contamination is a very important problem during the dental treatment of patients who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus. So, we examined how many oral bacteria were splashed around a dental chair when we used the air turbine for five minutes.
Y, Yamada   +9 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Patterns of Dental Service Utilization Following Nontraumatic Dental Condition Visits to the Emergency Department in Wisconsin Medicaid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objectives: To examine patterns of dental service utilization for adult Medicaid enrollees in Wisconsin following nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits to the emergency department (ED).
Okunseri, Christopher   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

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