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What Disease Can Be Contracted When Dental Nurse Doesn T Change Gloves?

hi doctor, today I had an dental x-ray in a hospital where the attended was placing the film in the mouth on which the impression of teeth is printed by her fingers wearing the gloves, but she was not changing the gloves after each patient, so is there any chances to get any kind of disease?
Wed, 8 Apr 2015
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ITS REALLY REMARKABLE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT A DENTAL OPERATOR SHOULD CHANGE THE GLOVES AFTER EACH PATIENT'S WORK.
THERE ARE MANY DISEASE IN HUMANS WHICH ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH SALIVA, MOST COMMON IS TUBERCULOSIS THROUGH SPUTUM.OTHERS ARE HERPES INFECTION WHICH ARE VIRAL INFECTIONS.
INFECTIONS CAN HAPPEN IF THE GLOVES CONTAINS TRACE OF BLOOD OR PUS OF THE PATIENT TREATED WHILE WEARING THE SAME GLOVES .SOMETIMES AN INFECTION CAN ALSO OCCUR IF THE PATIENT HAS ANY INFECTION RELATED TO THROAT,MOUTH ULCERS OR SOMETIMES EVEN COUGH AND COLD.BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY.
YOU CAN KEEP OBSERVING YOUR ORAL HEALTH AND SHOULD CONSULT YOUR DENTIST IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SIGNS OF INFECTION IN YOUR MOUTH OR THROAT.

I HOPE YOU ARE NOT EXPOSED TO ANY SUCH CASE AND WISH YOU ARE PERFECTLY FINE.BEST WISHES..
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What Disease Can Be Contracted When Dental Nurse Doesn T Change Gloves?

ITS REALLY REMARKABLE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT A DENTAL OPERATOR SHOULD CHANGE THE GLOVES AFTER EACH PATIENT S WORK. THERE ARE MANY DISEASE IN HUMANS WHICH ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH SALIVA, MOST COMMON IS TUBERCULOSIS THROUGH SPUTUM.OTHERS ARE HERPES INFECTION WHICH ARE VIRAL INFECTIONS. INFECTIONS CAN HAPPEN IF THE GLOVES CONTAINS TRACE OF BLOOD OR PUS OF THE PATIENT TREATED WHILE WEARING THE SAME GLOVES .SOMETIMES AN INFECTION CAN ALSO OCCUR IF THE PATIENT HAS ANY INFECTION RELATED TO THROAT,MOUTH ULCERS OR SOMETIMES EVEN COUGH AND COLD.BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY. YOU CAN KEEP OBSERVING YOUR ORAL HEALTH AND SHOULD CONSULT YOUR DENTIST IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SIGNS OF INFECTION IN YOUR MOUTH OR THROAT. I HOPE YOU ARE NOT EXPOSED TO ANY SUCH CASE AND WISH YOU ARE PERFECTLY FINE.BEST WISHES..