@Article{, title={Handpiece asepsis among dental practitioners in Mosul City}, author={Talal H Al–Salman and Nawfal A Zakaria and Moataz Gh Al–Shaekh Ali}, journal={Al-Rafidain Dental Journal مجلة الرافدين لطب الأسنان}, volume={6}, number={1}, pages={6-11}, year={2006}, abstract={Aims: To investigate the incidence of handpiece asepsis in general dental practice in Mosul City and toevaluate the problems associated with routine handpiece sterilization which are commonly needed bythose practitioners. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was designed to collect the informationabout handpiece asepsis techniques performed by dentists. One hundred twenty dentists in Mosul Citywere randomly selected and the data were analyzed. Results: About 55.8% of the respondents knowabout the importance of handpiece sterilization, but no one do ideal sterilization between each patientdue to absence of sufficient number of handpiece and lack of autoclave system in clinics. No onedisinfect the handpiece scientifically; 59.38% smear the handpiece between each patient by one of theantiseptic solutions. Conclusion: Handpiece asepsis in Mosul dental clinics is poor. Most of dentistsdepend on disinfection by disinfectant solution to prevent cross infection by handpieces. Most dentists,because of their poor equipment in both private and national clinics, cannot sterilize handpieces aftereach patient.

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