Abstract

Prosthetic dental treatment of the tuberculous patient presents some special hazards and problems in preventing exposure of dental personnel to infection. Several possible germicides cannot be used because they produce undesirable changes in complex organic dental materials. Immersion of sample impressions heavily seeded with Myco. tuberculosis in 10 per cent formalin solution for 30 minutes has no deleterious effect upon materials and ensures adequate disinfection.

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