Category Archive: Dental
Screening, Dental Devices
Dental Device Screening and Evaluation Forms
In collaboration with the American Dental Association and the Training for Development of Innovative Control Technologies Project (a collaboration based at San Francisco General Hospital of frontline healthcare workers, product designers, and industrial …
Occupational Exposure and Dentistry
Occupational Infection Control in Dental Settings
What constitutes an occupational exposure in dentistry?
An exposure is defined as a percutaneous injury (e.g., needlestick or cut with a sharp object) or mucous membrane/nonintact skin contact with blood, saliva, tissue, or other …
Marana Dentist Disease Exposure
Marana Dentist – Potential Disease Exposure
Former patients of a now-defunct dental clinic in Marana, Arizona have may have been exposed to blood-borne diseases. Unfortunately, these may include HIV or hepatitis B or C. Additionally, improperly installed equipment can put …
Rogue Dentist, Poor Sterilization
Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients
The Tulsa Health Department is warning 7,000 patients of a local dentist’s office that they could have contracted HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C from poor sterilization practices. This rogue dentist may be in …
