title: Hepatitis B virus: an overview for dentists.
abstract: Hepatitis B has been singled out as a condition of special concern to dentists as it is frequently severe and debilitating. A review of the literature shows a significant and increasing risk of hepatitis among dentists, especially oral surgeons. Concern is directed toward dentists who contract the disease as well as those who transmit the infection.
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State; D003815:Dentists; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D012306:Risk