Evaluation of Efficiency of Different Decontamination Methods of Dental Burs: An In vivo Study

Infection control is very important in dentistry. Both dentist and patients are at risk of communicating diseases during treatment procedures. Dental burs have been identified as a source of cross-contamination between patient and dental personnel. The present study was done to quantitatively and qu...

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Published in:Journal of pharmacy & bioallied science 2017-11, Vol.9 (Suppl 1), p.S37-S40
Main Authors: Mathivanan, Abirami, Saisadan, D, Manimaran, P, Kumar, C Dhinesh, Sasikala, K, Kattack, Ajmalkhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autoclave
Clinical medicine
Contamination
Councils
Decontamination
dental burs
Dental personnel
Dentistry
Disease control
Efficiency
Enterococcus
Fungi
glass bead sterilizer
Hospitals
hot air oven
Infection control
Infections
Laboratories
Management
Methods
Microorganisms
Original
Patients
Serratia
Staphylococcus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Sterilization
Streptococcus
Streptococcus mutans
surgical spirit
Teeth
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Summary:Infection control is very important in dentistry. Both dentist and patients are at risk of communicating diseases during treatment procedures. Dental burs have been identified as a source of cross-contamination between patient and dental personnel. The present study was done to quantitatively and qualitatively assess the pathogenic contamination of dental burs used for tooth preparation and to determine the effective method of sterilization(autoclave, glass bead sterilizer, hot air oven and surgical spirit immersion) of burs used for crown preparation. Dental burs were assessed before and after tooth preparation, also after sterilization burs were evaluated. Findings of our study revealed that among the experimental groups used in the present study, Autoclave and Hot air oven was found to be the relatively best method to sterilize burs. Proper cleaning and sterilization of burs should be strictly employed to prevent cross contamination in clinical practice.
ISSN:0976-4879
0975-7406
0975-7406
DOI:10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_81_17