title: Infection control in the dental laboratory: a review of the literature.
abstract: The dental laboratory has been shown to be an area of potential disease transmission between patients and to laboratory personnel. This paper reviews pertinent literature on the subject and describes the "Barrier System," a proven infection control protocol to manage dental prostheses in the laboratory.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of General Practice, San Antonio 78284-7914.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinyon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayhew
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003778:Dentures; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007754:Laboratories, Dental