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The infectious hazard in the dental offices (surgeries) is a relevant Public Health problem, especially if the large spread of this health practices is considered. The Working Group (WG) \"Hygiene in Dentistry\" of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI) deals with the prevention in dental practice. The WG carried out some surveys in order to evaluate both the knowledge of cross-infection hazards in dental personnel and the microbial contamination in dental clinics. The results showed that some aspects of the daily practice could be at high risk for infectious diseases. Therefore, expecting the launch of Italian Guidelines on the infection-control in dental practices, the WG translated and revised the CDC Guidelines for infection control in dental-care settings. This document represents a good practices guide in the management of the dental outpatient.

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Newly revised and updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend adoption of procedures to improve the microbiological quality of water used in dental treatment. These recommendations represent the consensus of experts from a wide range of scientific and clinical disciplines and are based on the best currently available evidence. Dentists and the manufacturers of dental equipment must consider the infection control, occupational health and risk-management implications of biofilm colonization in dental equipment, and take appropriate measures to provide water of appropriate microbiological quality clinical procedures.

The objective of this article to help dental professionals understand the changes in surface asepsis recommendations, to be able to classify environmental surfaces in the practice setting and successfully prevent or manage their contamination, as well as become familiar with the terminology used in discussing environmental surfaces and related infection control efforts.

On December 19, 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings--2003. The publication was the first comprehensive dental infection control update since 1993. Although the guidelines are not directed toward a particular dental specialty, some recommendations may have a significant impact on the practice of periodontics because of the nature of the procedures that are considered routine to the specialty. This article deals with some of the issues addressed in the guidelines, highlighting topics of special interest to periodontists.

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BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, is the lead federal agency for disease prevention in the United States. It has been 10 years since CDC infection control guidelines for dental health care settings were last published. During those 10 years, new technologies and issues have emerged, and other CDC infection control guidelines for health care settings have been updated.
RESULTS: In light of these developments, CDC collaborated with experts in infection control to revise its infection control recommendations for dental health care settings. Existing guidelines and published research pertinent to dental infection control principles and practices were reviewed. This article provides background information, describes the process used to create these guidelines, and lists the new recommendations.
CONCLUSIONS: CDC believes that dental offices that follow these new recommendations will strengthen an already admirable record of safe dental practice. Patients and providers alike can be assured that oral health care can be delivered and received in a safe manner.

A longstanding myth holds that chronic neck and back discomfort or pain is a necessary evil of practicing dentistry. The use of properly selected surgical telescopes and co-axial illumination headlights has been demonstrated to prevent or in some cases eliminate chronic neck and back pain. This paper will discuss the ergonomic benefits of surgical telescopes and co-axial illumination lights, the recent advances made in surgical telescope technology, and practical guidelines for selecting telescopes.

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