Occupational hazards among dental hygienists: Risk level assessment of scaling work

Objectives This study aimed to classify occupational hazards of ultrasonic scaling by factor and to identify the distribution of occupational risk levels of the study participants according to occupational hazards. In addition, the relationship between the general characteristics of dental hygienist...

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Published in:International journal of dental hygiene 2023-08, Vol.21 (3), p.505-513
Main Authors: Park, Bo‐Young, Chung, Won‐Gyun, Lim, Do‐Seon, Mun, So‐Jung, Han, Sun‐Young, Noh, Hiejin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biohazards
dental hygiene
Disease control
Occupational hazards
occupational risk level
Scaling
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Summary:Objectives This study aimed to classify occupational hazards of ultrasonic scaling by factor and to identify the distribution of occupational risk levels of the study participants according to occupational hazards. In addition, the relationship between the general characteristics of dental hygienists and the occupational risk level of scaling was investigated. Methods This study was conducted on 237 dental hygienists. Exposure frequency and the degree of work loss were investigated on a five‐point scale for each of the 15 occupational hazards of scaling. Results Among occupational hazards, the proportion of high‐risk individuals for biological hazards (32.9%) was the highest. Dental clinics (33.6%) were found to have a higher proportion of high‐risk individuals than dental hospitals (16.5%) (p 
ISSN:1601-5029
1601-5037
DOI:10.1111/idh.12648