Jun
12
2017
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR DENTAL UNIT WATERLINES
Essential to practice, dental unit water is used for a variety of functions, ranging from irrigating surgical sites to providing lavage during restorative procedures. More than five decades have passed since the scientific literature...
May
17
2017
Waterlines in Dental Offices: An Infection Waiting to Happen
Robert W. Hasel, DDS
DISCLOSURES
August 23, 2012
Pneumonia Associated With a Dental Unit Waterline
Ricci ML, Fontana S, Pinci F, et al
Lancet. 2012;379:684
Death From Legionnaires Disease Acquired in a Dental Office
A recent article published in The...
May
16
2017
Science in the News
Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease Traced to Contaminated Dental Unit Waterline
March 01, 2012 In a recent case report in The Lancet, an 82-year-old Italian woman’s death from Legionnaires’ disease was attributed to infection with Legionella bacteria from a...
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