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open access: yes, 2002
Galassi, Gian   +2 more
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Legionnaires’ disease in dental offices: Quantifying aerosol risks to dental workers and patients

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2021
Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic bacterial respiratory pathogen that is one of the leading causes of drinking water outbreaks in the United States. Dental offices pose a potential risk for inhalation or aspiration of L.
K. Hamilton   +6 more
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Incidence of COVID-19 Virus Transmission in Three Dental Offices: A 6-Month Retrospective Study.

The international journal of periodontics & restorative dentistry, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has shown the ability to become aerosolized with a potential airborne route of transmission.
S. Froum, S. Froum
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reducing the Risk of COVID-19 Transmission in Dental Offices: A Review.

Journal of Prosthodontics, 2020
The COVID-19 epidemic has become a major public health challenge around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of August 2020 there are more than 833,556 dead and over 24,587,513 people infected around the world.
R. E. Ashtiani   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Pediatric Dental Office

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1982
The private practitioner’s objective in providing pediatric dental care is to help the child obtain optimal dental health while teaching the child that dental treatment is not frightening. These objectives are easier to reach when the child is seen at an early age, before dental problems become complex.
J. Gregg Conlan, James A Coll
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Office Computer Systems for the Dental Office

Dental Clinics of North America, 2011
The role of computers in dental practice has dramatically changed over the past 30 years. We have witnessed the progression from administrative roles to complete integration leading to chartless offices. As the dental community gradually adopts this contemporary development, the move to electronic health records is imminent because of upcoming changes ...
Andrea Bonnick, Frances E Sam
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Management of dental waste in dental offices and clinics in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2020
Management of dental wastes became a recent challenge facing health care practitioners and is one of the highly-sensitive environmental problems. The main purpose of this study was to assess oral health care provider’s knowledge and behavior about dental
D. Sabbahi, H. El-Naggar, M. Zahran
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Legionella in the dental office

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2007
Abstract:  Objective: This study aimed to assess the microbiology of dental unit water and municipal water in terms of Legionella species and total bacteria levels.Methods: The presence of Legionella species was investigated using the culture method, direct fluorescent antibody and polymerase chain reaction techniques in collected dental unit water ...
Bodrumlu E., Alaçam T., Bayraktar A.
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BIOFILM AND THE DENTAL OFFICE

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1996
The author provides a brief overview of the basic processes involved in biofilm formation and explores the implications these biofilms have for health care facilities such as hospitals and dental offices. Included with this article are suggestions dentists may consider for improving water quality and a white paper on waterlines adopted by the ADA.
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