Coronavirus pandemic has brought forward a very important aspect of disinfection to light, cleaning or disinfecting your smartphone when you return home after roaming outside. As a Dentist, it is a must to disinfect your smartphone every day after a shift at the clinic which exposes us to multiple patients and aerosols from the treatments […]
Precautions to be taken for Novel CoronaVirus or COVID-19 patients in Dental Clinics
With the news about the spread of novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 it is important for Dental Staff who are prone to be exposed to aerosols from patients having symptoms of novel Coronavirus. Center for Disease control and prevention is reminding clinicians to use standard precautions without fail and isolate patients who show signs […]
Materials or Cleansers used for Hand Hygiene in Dentistry
Hand Hygiene in Dentistry is very important as the hands need to completely sterile to prevent any cross infection from the hands to the surgical site. Scrubbing of hands means to clean the hands till the forearms and elbows. Some important things to do before any surgery is – Nails have to be cut short, […]
Protocol for Management and handling of Dental Hospital Waste – Color coding for waste disposal
Dental Clinic is similar to any Hospital or sometimes more than a Hospital in terms of Waste production which are the result of health care activities during Dental Procedures. Hospital Waste includes approximately 75-90% of Non-Hazardous or General waste which do not lead to any spread of infection to others and the remaining 15-25% are […]
Complications and Risks involved in Tongue Piercing
Tongue Piercing is a trend for some people but there are many complications associated and it is very important to make sure you are ready to bear up with the complications and take proper After Care. Tongue Piercing After Care Tongue piercing is inserting a foreign body into your tongue which as we all know […]
What are the Micro organisms found in a Failed Endodontic Treated tooth with Apical Pathology or Apical Periodontitis
An Endodontic Treated tooth with Post operative Apical Periodontitis often is a result of improper BMP, missed canals, fracture of tooth, loose restoration etc. during Root Canal Treatment. There are many causes of failure of Root Canal treatment which are mentioned in this post – Link Only a small number of species of micro organisms […]
Methods of Steralization of various materials in Dental clinic
Steralization of various materials in dental clinic are very important to maintain proper hygiene and to prevent cross infection from patient to patient or patient to the dentist or dental assistants. In dental clinic there are different types of materials used and because of this all materials cannot be steralized similarly and hence various materials […]
Precautions to be taken after Tongue piercing | Tongue Piercing After Care
Tongue piercing can be traced back to the ancient Central American civilizations, that carried out piercing as a part of a traditional ritual. But today it is seen more of a fashion statement by the youngsters and the rockstars who they follow and idioloze. After you have got your tongue piercing done make sure you […]
Steralization in Endodontics
Endodontics is an important branch of dentistry which deals with the Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of diseases concerned with the hard tissues(Enamel, dentin) and soft tissues(Pulp) of the tooth. So for every Dental Student and Dental Practitioner it is important and necessary to learn the sterilization techniques followed in Endodontics which will directly or indirectly […]
Hand Hygiene in Dentistry
Hand Hygiene is achieved by handwash, which is the primary means of infection control in dentistry in fact any surgical procedure. In Dentistry Hands are the parts of the body which are the most exposed to the site of operation, the site of operation is the place where chances of transmission of diseases is the […]
Infection control in Dental Clinics
This post is based on the line which i have used the most in this site ” Prevention is Better Than Cure “ Infection Control in our Dental clinics and protecting ourselves from the infective agents which the patients might carry is the primary requirement in any successful Dental Clinic, as we encounter different kinds […]