Biomaterial Database

Atmospheric contamination during dental procedures. 1994

P Legnani, and L Checchi, and G A Pelliccioni, and C D'Achille

Institute of Hygiene, University of Bologna, School of Medicine, Italy.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of aerosol pollution following dental procedures performed in 15 sessions with an ultrasound scaler and a bicarbonate cleaner. The air contamination was measured by means of the Surface Air System method and the "plate" method (Air Microbial Index). Each colony-forming unit per cubic meter of air was allotted a unit value for statistical analysis. The data were then compared with the hygienic assessments made in previous studies. The results showed that the initial environmental conditions in a dental office initiated at the level of mediocre, then became very bad during dental procedures, and fell between mediocre and very bad at the end of the procedures.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003755	Dental High-Speed Technique	Dental methods involving the use of DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT.	Dental High-Speed Technic,Dental High-Speed Technics,Dental High-Speed Techniques,Dental Technic, High-Speed,Dental Technics, High-Speed,Dental Technique, High-Speed,Dental Techniques, High-Speed,High-Speed Dental Technic,High-Speed Dental Technics,High-Speed Dental Technique,High-Speed Dental Techniques,High-Speed Technic, Dental,High-Speed Technics, Dental,High-Speed Technique, Dental,High-Speed Techniques, Dental,Technic, Dental High-Speed,Technic, High-Speed Dental,Technics, Dental High-Speed,Technics, High-Speed Dental,Technique, Dental High-Speed,Technique, High-Speed Dental,Techniques, Dental High-Speed,Techniques, High-Speed Dental,Dental High Speed Technic,Dental High Speed Technics,Dental High Speed Technique,Dental High Speed Techniques,Dental Technic, High Speed,Dental Technics, High Speed,Dental Technique, High Speed,Dental Techniques, High Speed,High Speed Dental Technic,High Speed Dental Technics,High Speed Dental Technique,High Speed Dental Techniques,High Speed Technic, Dental,High Speed Technics, Dental,High Speed Technique, Dental,High Speed Techniques, Dental,Technic, Dental High Speed,Technic, High Speed Dental,Technics, Dental High Speed,Technics, High Speed Dental,Technique, Dental High Speed,Technique, High Speed Dental,Techniques, Dental High Speed,Techniques, High Speed Dental
D003770	Dental Offices	The room or rooms in which the dentist and dental staff provide care. Offices include all rooms in the dentist's office suite.	Dental Office,Office, Dental,Offices, Dental
D004784	Environmental Monitoring	The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment.	Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000336	Aerosols	Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents.	Aerosol
D000391	Air Microbiology	The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the air. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.	Microbiology, Air
D000399	Air Pressure	The force per unit area that the air exerts on any surface in contact with it. Primarily used for articles pertaining to air pressure within a closed environment.	Air Pressures,Pressure, Air,Pressures, Air
D000704	Analysis of Variance	A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable.	ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D012534	Dental Scaling	Removal of dental plaque and dental calculus from the surface of a tooth, from the surface of a tooth apical to the gingival margin accumulated in periodontal pockets, or from the surface coronal to the gingival margin.	Root Scaling,Scaling, Dental,Scaling, Root,Scaling, Subgingival,Scaling, Supragingival,Root Scalings,Scalings, Root,Subgingival Scaling,Supragingival Scaling
D014464	Ultrasonic Therapy	The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue.	Therapeutic Ultrasound,Ultrasound Therapy,Therapy, Ultrasonic,Therapies, Ultrasonic,Therapies, Ultrasound,Therapy, Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Therapies,Ultrasound Therapies,Ultrasound, Therapeutic