[Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in dentists of District I of the province of Buenos Aires].

Two samples were analyzed; first survey carried out by 250 odontologists chosen out of total number of 1,500 dentists belonging to District I Province of Buenos Aires; the other, by 31 students out of the 180 who attended the last course at the School of Odontology in the National University of La Plata. Through the determination of anti-HBc by enzyme-immuno test, a prevalence of infection due to HBV of 9.6% was found in the odontologists' sample.