Survey of Navy Dental Clinics: Materiel Complaints Regarding Carbide Burs and Local Anesthetics,

Abstract

A survey of dental materiel complaints was conducted in response to SF-380 submissions from the field. Premature breakage of carbide-tipped dental burs represented up to 4% of bur usage Navy-wide. For specific clinics reporting a bur breakage problem, premature failure may account for 2.5 to 8% of total bur usage. Significant Navy-wide problems with ineffective infiltration anesthesia were not uncovered. Excessive plunger friction and cartridge breakage was a problem for 8-9% of responding dental officers. Keywords: Carbide burs, Local anesthetics, Anesthetics cartridges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA178128

Entities

People

  • J. R. Kelly
  • M. T. Hetzer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anesthesia
  • Anesthetics
  • Body Regions
  • Dental Materials
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Friction
  • Great Lakes
  • Health Services
  • Local Anesthetics
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Microscopy
  • Naval Training
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Teeth
  • United States

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