title: Infection control during elastomeric impressions.
abstract: This technique uses an individual applicator per application of an elastomeric adhesive to an acrylic resin tray. To help prevent contamination of the adhesive in the bottle, the Toothette toothbrush should not be dipped into the bottle a second time. A sufficient quantity of adhesive is absorbed with a single immersion into the adhesive to coat an entire tray. The uniformity of the surface application is more easily controlled compared with that of a brush applicator. Because only one immersion is required to coat a tray and the Toothette toothbrush is discarded after one application, cross-contamination of patients is prevented.
authors.affiliation: Dental Division, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D006801:Humans; D012408:Rubber
chemical_list: D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D012408:Rubber