ReviewCurrent oral health reports2018
Cross-transmission in the Dental Office: Does This Make You Ill?
Review in Current oral health reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Periodic detection and disinfection maintenance of dental unit waterlines in dental simulation head model laboratories.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Microbial contamination levels in water derived from dental units used in small animal dentistry.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Degree of Contamination of Gutta-Percha Points byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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- Preprocedural mouthwashes for infection control in dentistry-an update.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Review
- Aerosol in the oral health-care setting: a misty topic.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Review
- Factors affecting infection control measures performed by dental workers.Journal of dental sciences · 2023Article
- Sociobehavioural Factors Associated With Child Oral Health During COVID-19.International dental journal · 2023Article
- Effect of herbal mouthrinsein dental ultrasonic scalers among Indians.Bioinformation · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 TEST OUTCOMES AMONG DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS WITH COVID-19-LIKE COMPLAINTS - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS.The journal of evidence-based dental practice · 2022Article
- The effect of COVID-19 on emergencies and pain among orthodontic patients attending a teaching hospital.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Article
- Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19): Assessing Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and Infection.Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran) · 2022Article
- Dental Care and Education Facing Highly Transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Variants: Prospective Biosafety Setting: Prospective, Single-Arm, Single-Center Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Dental Practices in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Knowledge Level on Infection Control among Romanian Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dental Students.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewRecently, numerous scientific publications were published which shed new light on the possible risks of infection for dental healthcare workers and their patients. This review aimed to provide the latest insights in the relative risks of transmission of (pathogenic) micro-organisms in the dental office. RECENT
findingsOf all different routes of micro-organism transmission during or immediately after dental treatment (via direct contact/via blood-blood contact/via dental unit water and aerosols), evidence of transmission is available. However, the recent results put the risks in perspective; infections related to the dental office are most likely when infection control measures are not followed meticulously. SUMMARY: The risk for transmission of pathogens in a dental office resulting in an infectious disease is still unknown; it seems to be limited in developed countries but it cannot be considered negligible. Therefore, maintaining high standards of infection preventive measures is of high importance for dental healthcare workers to avoid infectious diseases due to cross-contamination.
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