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Observing the Cross-Infection Control Among Dental Clinics and Laboratories
Introduction: Dentists and all related oral hygiene occupations are endanger of cross contamination
because of close contacts with patients. Dental laboratories are one of those which
have a direct contact with dentist and cross infection control plays an important role
to prevent exposure to pathogens. According to the fact that many dental laboratories
are not well informed about cross infection control; the aim of this study is to prepare
a questionnaire for evaluating both dentists and dental laboratories knowledge about
cross control infections.
Materials
& Methods:
250 dentist and 50 dental laboratories were randomly chosen and prepared
questionnaire distributed. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software and
Chi-Square test.
Results: There was no significant differences between general and post graduated dentist in
using gloves, masks and protective eye glasses (p value > 0.05).the results showed no
significant differences in uses of protective eye glasses between dentist who worked
in clinics and private offices (p value = 0.384), but there was significant differences in
using gloves (p value = 0.02).condensation silicones (90.5%) and alginates (90%)
were the most impression materials and 88% of dentist rinsed the impressions always
while 0.8% never did that.
Conclusion: The cross control infection is no