Abstract

With an awareness of cross infection in dentistry and of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), sterilization in the dental office has been brought to the public's attention by the news media. Much work has been done on which sterilization methods are acceptable but little has been written about the effects of sterilization procedures on the instruments themselves. In this study, 36 pin and ligature cutters were sterilized 250 cycles using three different methods of sterilization following the guidelines given by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The cutters were examined for changes in lateral hinge movement, visual appearance and ordinal ranking by preference.

The results of this study showed that the lateral side movement of the cutters was not clinically significant except for the AEZ inserted cutters. Visually, the cutters showed various amounts of discoloration due to the sterilization type and manufacturer of the cutters.

LLU Discipline

Orthodontics

Department

Dentistry

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Willis L. Schlenker

Second Advisor

Craig A. Andreiko

Third Advisor

Victoria T. Birrell

Fourth Advisor

James R. Farrage

Fifth Advisor

Robert E. Meister

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1994

Date (Title Page)

6-1994

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Sterilization; Dental Instruments; Orthodontics -- standards

Type

Thesis

Page Count

2 vi; 30

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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