Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Post Graduate Student, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Centre, Sri Ganganagar

Background: Dentistry predominantly involves exposure not only by patient to patient, but also by the dentist to patient or dental staff to patients, dental laboratory to dental health care workers (DHCWs) and patients. Sterilization and disinfection of dental equipments and clinics is of utmost important to ward off deadly diseases live HIV, hepatitis, etc. Aim: To evaluate sterilization and disinfection processes in dental clinics in Hyderabad city. Materials and method: 30 dental clinics were selected for the survey. Sterilization and disinfection processes, awareness regarding the same were evaluated using using a simple questionnaire. Results: 47% of dentists were using autoclaves for sterilization, 67% sterilized instruments daily once, 66.7% carried out disinfection methods for sterilization of the clinic area and 40% of them uses phenol based disinfectant solution. 46.7% uses glass bead sterilizer for sterilizing root canal files. Conclusion: The revealed results provide a support for the need of some monitoring authority that would carry regular check towards a safe practice of sterilization of dental instruments in the private sector and create awareness regarding the harmful effects of ignorance towards sterilization and disinfection.
Keywords: Sterilization, Biological risk, Awareness, Infection.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Arun Kumar S, Post Graduate Student, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Research Centre, Sri Ganganagar, Email:drarun325@gmail.com

This article may be cited as: S Kumar A.  Evaluation of Sterilization at Dental Clinics in Hyderabad City – A Cross-sectional Study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2015;3(2):38-41.