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. 1993 Dec;124(12):55-9.
doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1993.0239.

Rotary dental instruments and the potential risk of transmission of infection: herpes simplex virus

J B Epstein  1 , G Rea, L Sibau, C H Sherlock
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Rotary dental instruments and the potential risk of transmission of infection: herpes simplex virus

J B Epstein et al. J Am Dent Assoc. 1993 Dec.

Abstract

A laboratory model of herpes simplex virus infection was used to assess the potential contamination of dental handpieces. When contaminated instruments were treated with surface disinfection and internal chemical disinfection, viable virus was eliminated in all instruments.

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    Christensen RP. Christensen RP. J Am Dent Assoc. 1994 May;125(5):502, 504-5. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1994.0091. J Am Dent Assoc. 1994. PMID: 8031396 No abstract available.

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