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. 1995 Sep;126(9):1227-34.
doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1995.0357.

Percutaneous injuries in practicing dentists. A prospective study using a 20-day diary

C Siew  1 , S E Gruninger, C L Miaw, E A Neidle
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Percutaneous injuries in practicing dentists. A prospective study using a 20-day diary

C Siew et al. J Am Dent Assoc. 1995 Sep.

Abstract

A novel diary study of 2,304 practicing U.S. dentists examined the frequency and nature of percutaneous injuries over one dentist-month. Burs were responsible for most extraoral injuries (40 percent), and syringe needles accounted for most intraoral injuries (32 percent). The annualized mean injury rate was 3.35, which represents about a threefold decrease since 1987.

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