ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental hygiene2016
An exploratory study of noise exposures in educational and private dental clinics.
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- Early Outer Hair Cell Dysfunction Associated With Educational Noise Exposure in Dental Students: Implications for Hearing Conservation in Dental Education.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026Article
- Risks and Awareness of NIHL Among Dental Students: A Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Noise-induced Hearing Loss Among Dental Personnel in a University Hospital: Occupational Noise Exposure and Lifestyle Factors - A Cross-sectional Analytical Study.Safety and health at work · 2026Article
- Occupational Dental Noise and Early Cochlear Changes: Evidence from Distortion Product Oto-Acoustic Emissions in Young Dentists.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of noise exposure and acoustic discomfort in a university dental hygiene clinic.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2025Article
- Occupational diseases among dental personnel: a scoping review.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Article
- Healthcare Professionals and Noise-Generating Tools: Challenging Assumptions about Hearing Loss Risk.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Tinnitus Prevalence and Associated Factors among Dental Clinicians in the United Arab Emirates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Effect of Sound in the Dental Office: Practices and Recommendations for Quality Assurance-A Narrative Review.Dentistry journal · 2022Review
- Are dental hygienists at risk for noise-induced hearing loss? A literature review.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2021Review
- Noise Disturbance and Potential Hearing Loss Due to Exposure of Dental Equipment in Flemish Dentists.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of mechanical ventilation and portable air cleaner on aerosol removal from dental treatment rooms.Journal of dentistry · 2021Article
- Assessment of occupational noise-related hearing impairment among dental health personnel.Journal of occupational health · 2020Article
- Dog-assisted therapy in the dental clinic. Part B. Hazards and assessment of potential risks to the health and safety of the dental therapy dog.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2019Article
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- [Noise levels of dental equipment used in a dental schoolNíveis de ruído gerados por procedimentos realizados em uma escola de odontologia].Revista CuidarteArticle
- Effect of Titrated Exposure to Non-Traumatic Noise on Unvoiced Speech Recognition in Human Listeners with Normal Audiological Profiles.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
Exposures to noise and resulting noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) are not well understood in the dental profession. Previous studies have focused primarily on practicing dental professionals, and have often evaluated hearing loss in the absence of adequate noise exposure assessment. This study was conducted to evaluate exposures among students and staff working in four clinics within a major U.S. university dental school, and to compare these exposures to those among dental professionals in a private general-practice clinic. We measured equivalent continuous average (LEQ) noise exposure levels at 3.75-min intervals across a variety of procedures in the evaluated clinics, and also had participants complete a brief survey with questions on their experience and perceptions of noise exposure. We collected 79 partial- or full-shift Time-Weighted Average (TWA) dosimetry measurements on 46 individuals. The mean 3.75-min interval LEQ level was 63.6 ± 13.3 dBA, while the highest 3.75-min interval LEQ was 103.5 dBA. Students from the dental school clinics had the highest variability in average exposure levels, while the pediatric clinic evaluated had the highest average and maximum exposures. Nearly 4% of standardized 8-hr TWA measurements exceeded the 85 dBA Recommended Exposure Limit established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Concerns about the potential effects of dental noise on participants' hearing were significantly correlated with metrics of TWA noise exposure, as well as variability of exposure (as assessed by the SD of the 3.75-min LEQ levels). Our results suggest that dental students and staff may have some risk of developing noise-induced hearing loss, particularly in pediatric clinical settings.
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