Original article from ADS (Association for Dental Safety) staff writers
June 3, 2024 — The “Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings –2003 ” states that only sterile irrigating solutions (e.g., water, saline) should be used for surgical procedures including periodontal surgery, tooth extraction (other than exfoliating primary teeth), and other procedures which enter previously sterile spaces or contacts the bloodstream by way of incision, rotary instrumentation, or manual manipulation. Sterile irrigation and cooling systems or manual sterile water or saline delivery methods are recommended also for endodontic access if a disinfection solution is not used as irrigation upon pulpal exposure in primary or permanent teeth....
Original article from DrBicuspid.com staff writers
June 23, 2014 — An 18-year-old high school student from Long Island, ME, who died in February after undergoing oral surgery had contracted a flesh-eating bacteria, a coroner's report concluded...
Original article from NPR.org staff writers
September 30, 2016 — When people go to the dentist, they generally expect to leave in better health than when they walked in. But the water that dentists use to rinse teeth sometimes carries infectious bacteria...
Original article from NBCnews.com staff writers
November 1, 2022 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued a health advisory about waterborne bacteria in dental plumbing systems after children who visited pediatric dental clinics were infected with nontuberculous Mycobacteria...
Original article from ADAnews.ada.org staff writers
November 4, 2022 — CDC investigating cluster of suspected rare infections in children of same clinic. An Oct. 31 health alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning infections tied to contaminated dental waterlines provides an opportunity for dental teams to review already...
Original article from CDC.gov
May 15, 2024 — Biofilm is a thin, slimy film of bacteria that sticks to moist surfaces. Dental unit waterlines have unique characteristics that make them prone to biofilm formation, including long, small-diameter tubing, low flow rates, and frequent periods of stagnation...
Original article from washingtonpost.com staff writers
October 16, 2016 — When she left the Children's Dental Group of Anaheim in California in July, 7-year-old Mimi Morales became one of 800 children this summer to receive a pulpotomy at the clinic — basically, a baby root canal...
Original article from emergency.CDC.gov via the CDC Health Alert Network
October 31, 2022 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to emphasize the importance of following existing recommendations for maintaining and monitoring dental waterlines...
Original article from myads.org staff writers
June 3, 2024 — Follow current ADS, ADA, and CDC recommendations to discharge water and air from dental devices that are connected to the dental water system and enter the patient's mouth (e.g., handpieces, ultrasonic scalers, or air/water syringes) for a minimum of 20 seconds after each...
Original article from abcnews.go staff writers
February 16, 2012 — An 82-year-old Italian woman died after she contracted Legionnaires' disease, a severe, pneumonia-like illness, from the water in her dentist's office, according to a case report...
Original article from myads.org staff writers
August 7, 2024 — Biofilm is a thin, slimy film of bacteria that sticks to moist surfaces. Dental unit waterlines have unique characteristics that make them prone to biofilm formation, including long, small-diameter tubing, low flow rates, and frequent periods of stagnation. High numbers of...
Original article from cdc.gov staff writers
May 15, 2024 — Oral surgical procedures raise the risk of local or systemic infection. Microorganisms from inside or outside the mouth can enter areas of the body that are normally sterile, such as bone, subcutaneous tissue, or the vessels that carry blood and lymph through the body...
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