AIM The aim of this study was to determine awareness of biomedical waste (BMW) management policies and practices among dental professionals and auxiliary staff in a dental hospital/clinics in Amritsar, India, to inform the development of future policies for effective implementation of BMW rules. METHOD The study involved 160 staff members at the Amritsar hospital/clinics (80 dentists and 80 a...

The retention rate of sealants placed by dental auxiliaries has not been studied extensively. This study recorded and compiled the retention rate of sealants placed by Air Force dental technicians over a two-year period. The technicians, who were equivalent to dental assistants, were trained to place the sealants without assistance using the Vac-Ejector (Whaledent International, New York, NY) s...

OBJECTIVE To determine the perceived oral health status and treatment needs of Nigerian dental therapists in training and dental technology students. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study of students from Federal School of Dental Therapy and Technology Enugu, Nigeria was conducted using self-administered questionnaire to obtain information on demography, self-reported oral health status...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of workplace violence in Oral healthcare centres against Nigerian dental professionals. METHODS A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey of 175 randomly selected dental professionals working in Oral healthcare centres of University Teaching Hospitals in Southern Nigeria was conducted. RESULTS The survey response rate was 78.9%. The respondents were ...

Abstract During the orthodontic process, increased microbial colonization and dental plaque formation on appliances auxiliaries are major complications, causing oral infectious diseases, such as caries periodontal diseases. To reduce accumulation, antimicrobial materials increasingly being investigated applied to by various methods. Through development of nanotechnology, nanoparticles (NPs) hav...