Knowledge, Attitude and Practices ofDental Faculty regarding the Disinfection of Acrylic Materials Working in Dental Institutions/Colleges in Karachi, Pakistan
Dental care providers are at high threat of receiving cross-infection while treating patients. This occupational im pending for disease tran sm issio n becom es understandable as it is known that most human microbial pathogens are isolated from oral secretion.1 On the other hand, majority of carrie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dow University of Health Sciences
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1532 |
| Summary: | Dental care providers are at high threat of receiving cross-infection while treating patients. This occupational im pending for disease tran sm issio n becom es understandable as it is known that most human microbial pathogens are isolated from oral secretion.1 On the other hand, majority of carriers of infectious diseases cannot be easily identified.2 Research shows that many
infections can be transmitted by blood or saliva as a result of direct or indirect communique, droplets, aerosols, or contaminated instruments and equipment. Therefore, it is implicated that infective vulnerability is there in dental practice.3 All dental tools used in Prosthodontic department like impressions, cast models and prostheses must be appropriately disinfected before being sent to the prosthetic laboratory as well as after their return to the dental office, before their placement in the patient's mouth.4
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| ISSN: | 1995-2198 2410-2180 |