General medicine and surgery for dental practitioners: part 4. Infections and infection control
Open Access
- 25 July 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in British Dental Journal
- Vol. 217 (2), 73-77
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.593
Abstract
Infection control and knowledge of common infectious agents is a cornerstone of safe dental practice. This paper summarises the measures that need to be taken to control cross infection and discusses some of the infectious agents of concern to dental practitioners.Keywords
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