Open AccessSurvey of responsible handling of local anesthetic in Indian dental operatory
Author(s) -
Rooban Thavarajah,
Umadevi K Rao,
Elizabeth Joshua,
Kannan Ranganathan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.119785
Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , medicine , inclusion and exclusion criteria , educational qualification , dentistry , chi square test , inclusion (mineral) , family medicine , psychology , alternative medicine , statistics , mathematics , pathology , socioeconomics , sociology , social psychology
Dental operatory requires handling of numerous toxic fluids such as denture acrylic monomer, alcohol and formalin for effective oral care delivery. The efficacy and responsible handling of such fluids has not been analyzed among Indian dentists and this study aims to address this lacunae.