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Another Dossiers de l'ADF now available in English
Les Dossiers de l'ADF is a series of compact but comprehensive guides on specific topics relevant to daily practice, published as a follow-up to the work conducted by the various ADF commissions. The subjects dealt with include: key figures in oral and dental health care, the patient-practitioner relationship, prostheses and impression materials, toothpaste, and hand hygiene in the dental surgery.
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>>> Tooth Bleaching Treatments - a Review
Tooth bleaching techniques to whiten a single tooth or a group of teeth have been available for a number of decades. But many questions arise as to their proper use: what are the true indications for tooth-bleaching in terms of public health needs? Does tooth-bleaching actually provide an answer to therapeutic needs? Are these treatments medical devices or cosmetic products? What is the current legislation in France? What about tooth-bleaching products that are available over the counter? Which ones are most easily accessible? What are their true indications and contra-indications? Which are the best-suited techniques, depending on the case at hand or the desired outcome?
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Other ADF publications available in English
>>> The Quintessence of the Congress
An annual publication containing all the abstracts of the ADF Congress scientific sessions.
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Hand Protection in the Dental Office
Hands are the commonest source of contamination, causing 70% to 80% of all cross-infections. Handwashing remains the most effictive method of prevention and is the principal means of avoiding nosocomial infections, as – by stopping transient flora from colonising or soiling the
hands and by reducing the amount of commensal flora – it helps to lower the number of micro-organisms present, thereby precluding their transmission. The use of gloves, which does not in any way pre-empt handwashing, is also an absolute necessity in many patient-care situations. Its importance is underlined by thesimple fact – to give but just one example – that, in case of accidental needlestick injury, the glove absorbs 30% to 60% of the blood contained in the needle.
A great many types of gloves are nowadays available to dentists and their teams. None, however, can be claimed to be 100% risk-proof – none are impenetrable, all modify the commensal and transient flora of the skin, and some may induce dermatoses and allergies more than others. Nevertheless, although gloves do not guarantee full protection, they do provide a good means of prevention – they simply have to be well chosen and properly used to achieve maximum efficiency and minimum discomfort.
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