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06Oct 2018 INFECTION CONTROL IN DENTAL PRACTICE: REVIEW LITETATURE. Ranjeet Dhonkal , B. D. S , Urvashi Rai , M. D. S , Divyashree Chaubey , B. D. S and Soma M. D. Private Practitioner, H.S.Dental Clinic, Dewas, M.P., India. Postgraduate student, Dept. of Prosthodontics, Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India. Private Practitioner, Chaubey Dental Clinic, Banglore, Karnataka, India. Counsaltant, Supra Tech Micro Path Laboratory and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd., Indore, M.P., India.

Highlights

  • Cross infection control is an essential aspect of dental practice

  • Cross infection control has grabed the attention of health care professional (HCP) since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was discovered

  • In dental practice it is assumed that all patients are carrier of infectious diseases[3] and dental professionals are at constant risk of exposure to various blood borne und upper respiratory tract pathogens or infectious agents through blood, saliva, aerosol and various other body fluids.[4,5,6,7]

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Assuming that all patients are carrier of disease, strict infection control should be done using universal standard precaution.This can be achieved by wholesome efforts of whole dental team. The purpose of Keywords:Infection control, Infectious disease, Dental clinic, Sterilization, Waste management.

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