Dental unit weterline contamination and its possible implications during periodontal surgery

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-400

  Putnins, Edward E ^a   Di Giovanni, Davide ^a   Bhullar, Amandeep S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Dental equipment; Infection control; Risk factors; Water pollution prevention and control; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICS; WOUND HEALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORING AGENTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; ENDOTOXINS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; LIMULUS TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035292731     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2001.72.3.393     Document Type: Article

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