title: High-speed dental handpieces and spread of airborne infections.
abstract: Demonstration of a suction effect in operation of high-speed dental handpieces adds credence to concept that the handpiece can be contaminated internally; it also demonstrates a method by which bacteria can be incorporated into the aerosol cloud that occurs when the high-speed drill is used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials Science, NYU College of Dentistry.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shpuntoff
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Shpuntoff
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000391:Air Microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission; D003754:Dental High-Speed Equipment; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D013396:Suction; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D014867:Water