Frequency of hepatitis in dental health personnel in Norway

Authors

  • BJøRN Hurlen Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine and Department of Microbiology, Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
  • Svein B. Iversen Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine and Department of Microbiology, Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
  • Jon Jonsen Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine and Department of Microbiology, Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/00016357909027581

Keywords:

Epidemiology, serology

Abstract

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.

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Published

1979-01-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 4 (1979): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Section

Articles