LEVELS OF MUTANS STREPTOCOCCI AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN IN IASI, ROMANIA.

Aim: To evaluate the dental and salivary density of mutans streptococci among Iasi schoolchildren.

Material And Methods: This study cross-sectional included 533 schoolchildren aged 7-12 years. The density of mutans streptococci on dental surface (mesial and occlusal surfaces of teeth 1.

Dental patients' attitudes towards infection control.

Unlabelled: The level of the patients' education for health is increasing as their concern for protection during the medical treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of the dental patients towards infection control protocols in the dental office.

Material And Methods: A questionnaire-based study was initiated including 210 patients aged between 16 and 68 years.

Occupational health problems among dentists in Moldavian Region of Romania.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the occupational health problems among dentists in the Moldavian Region of Romania.

Material And Methods: Questionnaire-based study was conducted on 152 dentists aged between 25-65 years practicing in 6 counties the Moldavian Region of Romania. The questionnaire included questions related to the dentists' occupational health pathology.

Preventive attitudes towards infection transmission in dental offices in North-East Romania.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge and the current attitudes towards infection control in the dental offices in the Northeast Romania.

Material And Methods: Questionnaire-based study conducted on 152 dentists aged between 25-65 years practicing in 6 Northeast Romania counties. The questionnaire included questions related to current infection control procedures and attitudes.

[Prevention of infection transmission in dental laboratories].

Unlabelled: The professional activity in a dental laboratory is associated with a high risk for infection transmission through the manipulation of impressions and prostheses contaminated with patients' saliva and blood.

Aim: To assess the compliance of dental technicians in lasi town dental laboratories with the methods used for preventing infection transmission in their practices.

Material And Methods: This questionnaire-based survey included 61 dental technicians aged 22 to 58 years from 29 dental laboratories.