What is the reason why our dental clinic follows sanitary norms specified in the WHO are enforced so strictly, specially the one about control of contagious diseases?.
From recent years to the present, patients and health professionals have insisted in the control of crossed infections caused by bacteria and viruses in Dental Practice. As a result, more emphasis has been placed on sterilization and disinfection as patients have become increasingly more demanding when it comes to prevention. A Dental Clinic is a place where there is a high probability of crossed infection and, if proper measures are not taken, infections may occur which may go from a simple one to that caused by HIV (Aids). There are microbes which are specifically relevant to the transmission of disease in the practice of Dental Care such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Bacterial infections are not transmitted easily; moreover, if they occur, they are relatively easy to treat. Viral infections are more delicate and must be treated as such; Aids, Herpes, Hepatitis are the most severe and are transmitted mainly by direct contact with blood. Measures must be taken according to the norms
