فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Today, viral hepatitis has become a silent epidemic worldwide. It is the major cause of livercirrhosis and liver carcinoma. In a dental office, infections can be expedited through severalroutes, including direct or indirect contact with blood, oral fluids, droplet splatter, aerosols,etc. The aim of the present review is to increase the awareness among dental practitioners,so as to reduce the burden of hepatitis in their community. Electronic databases like PubMed,Medline, ProQuest, etc. were searched using the keywords hepatitis, dentist, liver disease,and infection control. Manual search of various journals and books was also carried out. Onlyhighly relevant articles from English literature were considered for the present review. Theresults revealed that the dentists were among the high-risk groups for hepatitis, and they havelittle information on the factors associated with adherence to hepatitis B vaccination. A dentistcan play a major role in the prevention of hepatitis by considering each and every patient as apotential carrier of hepatitis. Proper infection control, sterilization, and prophylactic vaccinationprotocols should be followed in order to reduce the risk of hepatitis.