BRAZIL: Flushing water through waterlines reduces the level of microbial contamination in water from dental units, according to recent research1. A team of researchers evaluated the level of bacterial contamination using the Petrifilm? system (3M, USA) in water from old and new dental units (13 and 1 years old respectively) before and after flushing the water through waterlines.
The Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures (OSAP) has developed a special page on its website in response to the recent CDC Health Advisory on recent measles outbreaks in the US.
Oral microbiologists have long held the distinction of knowing more about the detailed microbiology of the mouth in both health and disease than microbiologists who study other parts of the alimentary tract.
Themed 'Dental diversity in the land of tomorrow' the 2007 FDI World Dental Congress was key, not only for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Middle East, but for the world, as thousands of international delegates registered to attend. "We are confident that the overall turnout will likely be one of the largest in FDI history," said Dr Michèle Aerden, President of the FDI, at the official launch of the congress.
The Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry was established in 1995 as an independent body that promotes the teaching, learning, practice and evaluation of evidence-based dentistry (EBD) worldwide. Based at Oxford in the UK, the centre was one of the first of its kind in the world.
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