Internal contamination of air-driven low-speed handpieces and attached prophy angles

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1275-1280

  Chin, Judith R ^a   Miller, Chris H ^a   Palenik, Charles John ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment contamination; Geobacillus stearothermophilus; Handpiece; Infection control; Prophy angle; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749354351     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0386     Document Type: Article

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