Quality of air and water in dental healthcare settings during professional toothcleaning

Abstract

Introduction. Professional toothcleaning with ultrasonic scaler pro- 95CI,) CFU/mL and 12.4 (95CI,

Aerosol and bioaerosol particles in a dental office

“…Guida et al (2012) and Messano et al (2013) demonstrated that the levels of airborne bacterial contamination inside the dental office during the performance of dental procedures were much higher than the background Table 2 Indoor to background ratios of the particle concentrations during dental procedures.…”

“…The plates were then incubated aerobically (2 days at 37 1C for bacteria and for 14 days at 28 1C for fungi). The results were expressed in colony forming units per plate (CFU/plate) (Borrego et al, 2012;Messano et al, 2013). The bacterial colonies were characterized by Gram staining and biochemical tests API 20NE and API Staph (bioMerieux, France).…”

Bacterial and fungal contamination of dental hygienists' hands with and without finger rings

“…General Dental Practitioners (GDPs) were contacted before registering to Continuing Medical Education courses, as explained elsewhere 12 , GDPs who had DHs working in their offices were asked to contact them and to invite them to participate to the study. Participation was on a voluntary basis and there were no incentives.…”

Advances in infection epidemiology and control in dental healthcare settings

“…Infectious diseases associated with the biofilm of dental unit waterlines (DUWLs) are RTIs due to Legionella pneumphila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium, which are not or minimally contagious and affect immune-compromised individuals with consequently high case-fatality rates. This paper reported that the microorganisms from DUWLs were qualitatively and quantitatively different from the airborne microorganisms, thus suggesting that human microorganisms are likely to be the main source of airborne bacteria in the dental offices 6 . This result does not imply that DUWLs are not a source of airborne microorganisms, as it was previously demonstrated that more than 70% of DUWLs were contaminated by oral streptococci, selective microorganisms of the upper respiratory tract 7 , but only that human microorganisms prevail to bacteria from the aquatic biofilm.…”