RESUMO
The incidence of viral hepatitis in general dental practitioners, oral surgeons and periodontists was analyzed by questionnaires. Viral hepatitis was found to be an occupational risk for oral surgeons with no significant professional risk for general practitioners or periodontists. The differences were due mainly to type of patients. The importance of preoperative risk evaluation and proper precautions is stressed.
Assuntos
Hepatite B/epidemiologia , Hepatite Viral Humana/epidemiologia , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Periodontia , Cirurgia Bucal , Feminino , Odontologia Geral , Hepatite B/transmissão , Hepatite Viral Humana/transmissão , Humanos , Masculino , Noruega , Risco , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Hepatitis B infection is considered a risk to dentists and their ancillary staff. To evaluate the magnitude of the risk for personnel in dental practice in Norway a questionnaire survey and a serologic investigation was performed, both disclosing frequencies of hepatitis B insignificantly higher than those in the general Norwegian population. The occurrence of anti-HBs in the general population, represented by 800 sera, appeared to be lower than the corresponding values found in Sweden and Denmark.
