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Percutaneous injuries in practicing dentists. A prospective study using a 20-day diary
C Siew1, S E Gruninger, C L Miaw
1Department of Toxicology, American Dental Association Health Foundation, Chicago 60611, USA.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
A novel diary study of 2,304 practicing U.S. dentists examined the frequency and nature of percutaneous injuries over one dentist-month. Burs were responsible for most extraoral injuries (40 percent), and syringe needles accounted for most intraoral injuries (32 percent). The annualized mean injury rate was 3.35, which represents about a threefold decrease since 1987.