WASHINGTON – Thousands of dental patients in Oklahoma are anxiously awaiting the results of tests for hepatitis and HIV after health officials revealed an oral surgeon operated his practice under ...

After a case in Oklahoma broke this week of a dentist potentially exposing his patients to infectious diseases, Gainesville dental experts urge patients to take note of how their dentists sanitize ...

A new study that will appear in the next issue of the British Dental Journal says that the sterilization of dental instruments like endodontic files is not satisfactory when the existing methods that ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles in which we will bring in an expert to address some of the misinformation we have read in various social ...

The global autoclave market, driven by healthcare's increasing demand for sterilization, is set to reach impressive heights. Dental autoclaves, vital for maintaining dental health, play a pivotal role ...

The autoclave process probably eliminated the risk of transmitting infectious diseases, Therese Long, director of the Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures (OSAP), told DrBicuspid.com. OSAP's ...

BETHEL – Dozens of dental patients in Southwestern Alaska are being asked to submit to blood tests as a result of unsterilized instruments being used over a nine-day period in September. Within that ...

Fort Bliss officials are investigating whether a dental clinic on post possibly treated patients with instruments that were not fully sterilized earlier this week, officials said Thursday. The ...