TY - JOUR
T1 - Reducing bacterial counts in dental unit waterlines
T2 - Tap water vs.distilled water
AU - Kettering, James D.
AU - Stephens, Joni A.
AU - Muñoz-Viveros, Carlos A.
AU - Naylor, W. Patrick
N1 - Background The maximum recommended level of microbial contamination of water from dental unit waterlines (DUWL) is 200 colony-forming units per milliliter (CFU/mL). This article addresses the importance of water selection in achieving that standard.
PY - 2002/7/15
Y1 - 2002/7/15
KW - Antimicrobial
KW - Bleach
KW - Chlorhexidine gluconate
KW - Dental treatment water
KW - Dental unit waterlines (DUWL)
KW - Disinfection
KW - Water quality
KW - Waterlines
KW - Single-Blind Method
KW - Biofilms/drug effects
KW - Water Microbiology/standards
KW - Humans
KW - Colony Count, Microbial
KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
KW - Equipment Design
KW - Sodium Hypochlorite/pharmacology
KW - Statistics, Nonparametric
KW - Water Supply/standards
KW - Dental Equipment/microbiology
KW - Chlorhexidine/analogs & derivatives
KW - California
KW - Water Purification/methods
KW - Infection Control, Dental/methods
KW - Analysis of Variance
KW - Dental Disinfectants/pharmacology
KW - Maximum Allowable Concentration
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0037102110
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0037102110#tab=citedBy
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/5a2db1c0-cd7c-32a4-9780-706b7954cdb0/
U2 - 10.5005/jcdp-3-3-1
DO - 10.5005/jcdp-3-3-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 12239573
SN - 1526-3711
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
JF - Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
IS - 3
ER -