Abstract
Every occupation has its own hazards and risks, prosthodontic practice is not an exception. With the evolution in materials and instrumentations, dental professionals have become prone to diverse risks of occupational hazards. These risks include exposure to physical and chemical agents, dental materials, infectious environment, inappropriate working pattern and psychosocial stress. The potential health risks of prosthodontic practice, use of dental materials and its impact in health have not been explored much. In this review, hazards and risks associated with prosthodontic practice have been highlighted and preventive measures to reduce the risks among professionals have been discussed.
Highlights
Occupational hazards can be defined as a risk to a person usually arising out of employment.[1]
Adequate knowledge of occupational hazards and sufficient information pertaining to their prevention will assure safety of Prosthodontists and the team as well as contribute in providing quality care to patients
Online literature search was done in Google Scholar and PubMed with key words occupational hazards, dental materials risk in practice, biological hazards, ergonomic hazards, legal hazards to assess all the essential studies and reviews
Summary
Occupational hazards can be defined as a risk to a person usually arising out of employment.[1] It can refer to a work material, substance, process or situation that predisposes or itself causes accidents or diseases. Occupational health risks are present in every profession, including prosthodontic practice. Despite these hazards, we cannot refrain from providing patient care. Adequate knowledge of occupational hazards and sufficient information pertaining to their prevention will assure safety of Prosthodontists and the team as well as contribute in providing quality care to patients. Identification of the risks to general dental practice has been explored, the potential health risks to prosthodontic practice, use of dental materials and its impact in health have
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