Open AccessEfficacy of rubber dam isolation as an infection control procedure in paediatric dentistry
Author(s) -
Azza Mahmoud Tag El Din,
Nagwa Abdel Hady Ghoname
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1997.3.3.530
Subject(s) - antiseptic , contamination , natural rubber , dentistry , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , materials science , composite material , ecology , pathology
The efficacy of rubber dam, antiseptic mouth rinse and both procedures together in controlling atmospheric bacterial contamination during conservative procedures in the paedodontic clinic at Tanta University was assessed. Distribution of bacterial contamination varied depending on the position of the tooth in the mouth. The highest airborne bacterial contamination was found on the plates positioned on the patient’s chest. There was 98.8% bacterial reduction at 1 metre when rubber dam was used. This reduction increased when antiseptic mouth rinse was used before rubber dam application. Bacterial contamination fell sharply with increased distance from the head-rest