A new study that will appear in the next issue of the British Dental Journal says that the sterilization of dental instruments like endodontic files is not satisfactory when the existing methods that ...

Infection prevention and control involve important tasks that we know we need to do, but often, we are squeezing them in between patients in a rush to stay on time. Our brains are on autopilot as we ...

Provides the results of a national survey investigating the use of benchtop steam sterilisers in dental practice. Highlights shortcomings in the operation of sterilisers. Highlights the testing of ...

BETHEL – Dozens of dental patients in Southwestern Alaska are being asked to submit to blood tests as a result of unsterilized instruments being used over a nine-day period in September. Within that ...

After a case in Oklahoma broke this week of a dentist potentially exposing his patients to infectious diseases, Gainesville dental experts urge patients to take note of how their dentists sanitize ...

Fort Bliss officials are investigating whether a dental clinic on post possibly treated patients with instruments that were not fully sterilized earlier this week, officials said Thursday. The ...