title: Dentistry and the issue of hepatitis B.
abstract: The problem of treating patients with hepatitis B is emphasized with the current influx of refugees from Southeast Asia. Patients with a positive history for hepatitis B are being denied routine dental care at institutions, according to results from a telephone survey conducted with 23 dental schools.
mesh_terms: D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D003815:Dentists; D004497:Education, Dental; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D012036:Refugees; D014481:United States