Risk of eye infections in dental personnel and the need for its prevention: a case report

Arvind, R; Roma, M

doi:10.1186/s12348-020-00211-5

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“…If they reach a high concentration, they may overcome the eye defence mechanisms and lay the background for succeeding infection. [ 6 7 ] To prevent all the aforementioned eye-related infections and trauma, using protective goggles and face shields will be beneficial. Goggles remain the best protection against the effects of direct splashing of the liquids, but side shields cannot provide complete protection against viral pollutants and aerosols.…”

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Evaluation of Eye Safety Protocol in the Dental Office

Nimma,

Bayani,

Lingam

et al. 2024

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Background: Ocular health is significant as undetected and untreated eye conditions can lead to vision loss and blindness. Usually, dentists, dental assisting staff, and patients undergoing frequent dental corrections are likely affected by eye injuries. Methods: This survey aimed to evaluate eye safety protocols in the dental fraternity. A prevalidated questionnaire was given to practicing graduate and postgraduate dentists to obtain details of the eye safety protocol they adopted. Results: A total of 150 dentists approached; only 125 chose to participate in the survey and answered our questionnaire. Although most dentists used eye protection for themselves, primarily personal eyeglasses and face shields, eye injury was quite common in them. Conclusion: Data from this study revealed that the use of eye safety practices among the respondents could be improved. Clinicians should be aware that they are responsible for providing adequate eye protection for themselves and their assisting staff and patients.

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Evaluation of Eye Safety Protocol in the Dental Office

Nimma,

Bayani,

Lingam

et al. 2024

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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“…and viruses derived from the oral cavity and airways [15]. This group of professionals on daily basis experience contagion and infection transmission as the oral environment contains high levels of microbes which are liberated as aerosols due to dental procedures [25,26]. Recently, the possible transmission of 2019-nCoV has been suggested by three major pathways.…”

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“…Therefore, the use of safety glasses and goggles and over specs are recommended while performing the dental treatment. Protection against aerosols is through the usage of full-face or halfmask respirators, powered respirators, disposable masks [25]. Protection of the eye must be prioritized during dental treatments to avoid splashes which include aerosols generating procedures or activities with prolonging face-to-face contact or close contact with the potentially infected individual.…”

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Relationship between work-related ocular events, facial injuries and associated factors amongst dental professionals during COVID-19

Anzar

Afaq

Baig

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND: In dental settings, COVID-19 can be transmitted directly from patients to dentists through small droplets, saliva splashes, blood, and other body fluids liberated as a result of dental procedures. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of ocular and facial injuries in dental professionals and to investigate factors in dental practice contributing to ocular injuries. METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was performed in public and private sector universities. The study had 301 participants including final year undergraduate students, interns, postgraduate trainees, general practitioners, and dental specialists. Data were gathered online using Google forms. Information on sociodemographic, practice details, history of ocular and facial encounters during the clinical experience, and protective measures adopted by the dentists were collected. Means and standard deviations were calculated for continuous variables whereas frequencies and percentages were calculated for categorical variables. A Chi-square test was applied for association between variables. RESULTS: Ocular events and facial injuries occurred more in females 204 (67.8%) than in males 97(32.2%). Final year students reported more incidence of ocular encounters than specialists (40.9%, 3.3%). Dentists working in the government sector underwent more ocular encounters than those in private sectors 185(61.4%) and 96 (31.8%). Majority of participants reported that scaling was the procedure in which dentists experienced an ocular event. A significant association was found between ocular events, qualification, years of experience in clinical practice, number of patients treated per day, improper posture, and proper armamentarium (p < 0.05). However, no association was found between ocular events, gender, working sector, and dental procedures. CONCLUSION: Occurrence of ocular injuries were high compared to facial injuries and these outcomes were dependent on dental expertise and experiences. Appropriate measures should be adopted to minimize the risk of disease transmission and COVID-19 through the eyes among practicing dentists.

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“…In another way, dentistry is one of the professions in which the practitioners and patients both become exposed to eye related injuries which may result in ocular infections during daily routine 5 . A lot of dentists and dental personnel are at high risk of contracting eye infections during operative procedures involving aerosols 6 . Protective eyewear use can reduce the risk from bloodborne pathogens during procedures in which splatter or the use of aerosols might occur 7 .…”

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Potential relationship between eye and oral diseases

Anajar

2021

Libyan J Dent

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Background: Odontogenic cysts (OCs) are the most common cause of chronic swellings of the jaws as well as the most frequent lesions encountered in oral cavity. Clinical data about the OCs in the Libyan population is scant. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of all histologically diagnosed OCs and demographics of OCs of Libyan sample over a 28-year period and to compare results with other international studies. Material and Methods: All entries for odontogenic cysts occurring during 1990–2018 inclusive at oral Pathology department, faculty of dentistry, Benghazi University, Libya, were retrieved and analysed for demographic data; mainly sex, age and site. Results: A total of 8995 oral biopsies, 7.03% were odontogenic cysts. Radicular cyst was the most common odontogenic cyst comprising 52.53% of cases, followed by dentigerous cyst (15.03%), odontogenic keratocyst (10.28%) and residual cysts (7.91%). There were 363 specimens for males (57.4%) and 265 for females (41.9%). Odontogenic cysts occurred in a a mean age of 30.2 years. The most common location was maxillary anterior-premolar region (35.9%). Conclusions: These data are important to assess geographic differences in the prevalence of lesions and to allow clinicians to make realistic judgments in counselling patients before biopsy about the probability of diagnosis and risks associated with nonspecific clinical or radiographic lesions.

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Risk of eye infections in dental personnel and the need for its prevention: a case report

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Evaluation of Eye Safety Protocol in the Dental Office

Evaluation of Eye Safety Protocol in the Dental Office

Relationship between work-related ocular events, facial injuries and associated factors amongst dental professionals during COVID-19

Potential relationship between eye and oral diseases

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