title: Common infectious diseases.
abstract: Many of the common infectious diseases of humans are highly transmissible, and there is ample opportunity within the dental office for spread of these infections between patients and staff. Adherence to universal infection control procedures, however, introduced to deal with the threat posed by unknown carriers of bloodborne viruses, also greatly limits spread of the more common infectious agents described in this article.
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Scotland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bagg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003813:Dentistry; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008457:Measles / Q000635:transmission; D009107:Mumps / Q000635:transmission; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D012409:Rubella / Q000635:transmission; D016635:Universal Precautions