Browsing Dental Science by Author "O'DONNELL, MARY"
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CONTROL OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF WASHBASIN TAPS AND OUTPUT WATER USING ECASOL: A ONE YEAR STUDY
COLEMAN, DAVID; O'DONNELL, MARY; RUSSELL, RONALD; MILLER, AISLING; BOYLE, MARIA (2012)BACKGROUND: Contaminated washbasin taps and output water are an important source of bacteria that may cause nosocomial infection. A five-week pretreatment study of hot and cold water from 15 washbasin taps at Dublin ... -
DISINFECTION PROCEDURES: THEIR EFFICACY AND EFFECT ON DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY, SURFACE QUALITY AND SURFACE DETAIL REPRODUCTION OF AN IRREVERSIBLE HYDROCOLLOID IMPRESSION MATERIAL
O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL; COLEMAN, DAVID; O'DONNELL, MARY (2011)Objectives: This study investigated the antibacterial efficacy and effect of 0.55% ortho-phthalaldehyde (Cidex OPA?) and 0.5% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) on the dimensional accuracy and surface quality of gypsum casts ... -
LACK OF CYTOTOXICITY BY TRUSTWATER ECASOL? USED TO MAINTAIN GOOD QUALITY DENTAL UNIT WATERLINE OUTPUT WATER IN KERATINOCYTE MONOLAYER AND RECONSTITUTED HUMAN ORAL EPITHELIAL TISSUE MODELS
COLEMAN, DAVID; RUSSELL, RONALD; BOYLE, MARIA; O'DONNELL, MARY (2010)Summary: We previously showed that residual treatment of dental chair unit (DCU) supply water using the electrochemically-activated solution Trustwater Ecasol? (2.5 ppm) provided an effective long-term solution to the ... -
MANAGEMENT OF DENTAL UNIT WATERLINE BIOFILMS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
COLEMAN, DAVID; RUSSELL, RONALD; O'DONNELL, MARY (2011)Dental chair units (DCUs) use water to cool and irrigate DCU-supplied instruments and tooth surfaces and provide rinsewater during dental treatment. A complex network of interconnected plastic dental unit waterlines (DUWLs) ...