Dolores M. Malvitz
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Journal of the American Dental Association | 2004
William Kohn; Jennifer A. Harte; Dolores M. Malvitz; Amy S. Collins; Jennifer L. Cleveland; Kathy Eklund
This report consolidates previous recommendations and adds new ones for infection control in dental settings. Recommendations are provided regarding 1) educating and protecting dental health-care personnel; 2) preventing transmission of bloodborne pathogens; 3) hand hygiene; 4) personal protective equipment; 5) contact dermatitis and latex hypersensitivity; 6) sterilization and disinfection of patient-care items; 7) environmental infection control; 8) dental unit waterlines, biofilm, and water quality; and 9) special considerations (e.g., dental handpieces and other devices, radiology, parenteral medications, oral surgical procedures, and dental laboratories). These recommendations were developed in collaboration with and after review by authorities on infection control from CDC and other public agencies, academia, and private and professional organizations.
Environmental Health Perspectives | 2005
Mark D. Macek; Thomas Matte; Thomas Sinks; Dolores M. Malvitz
Some have hypothesized that community water containing sodium silicofluoride and hydrofluosilicic acid may increase blood lead (PbB) concentrations in children by leaching of lead from water conduits and by increasing absorption of lead from water. Our analysis aimed to evaluate the relation between water fluoridation method and PbB concentrations in children. We used PbB concentration data (n = 9,477) from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994) for children 1–16 years of age, merged with water fluoridation data from the 1992 Fluoridation Census. The main outcome measure was geometric mean PbB concentration, and covariates included age, sex, race/ethnicity, poverty status, urbanicity, and length of time living in residence. Geometric mean PbB concentrations for each water fluoridation method were 2.40 μg/dL (sodium silicofluoride), 2.34 μg/dL (hydrofluosilicic acid), 1.78 μg/dL (sodium fluoride), 2.24 μg/dL (natural fluoride and no fluoride), and 2.14 μg/dL (unknown/mixed status). In multiple linear and logistic regression, there was a statistical interaction between water fluoridation method and year in which dwelling was built. Controlling for covariates, water fluoridation method was significant only in the models that included dwellings built before 1946 and dwellings of unknown age. Across stratum-specific models for dwellings of known age, neither hydrofluosilicic acid nor sodium silicofluoride were associated with higher geometric mean PbB concentrations or prevalence values. Given these findings, our analyses, though not definitive, do not support concerns that silicofluorides in community water systems cause higher PbB concentrations in children. Current evidence does not provide a basis for changing water fluoridation practices, which have a clear public health benefit.
Archive | 2001
William Kohn; William R. Maas; Dolores M. Malvitz; Scott M. Presson; Kerald K. Shaddix
Journal of the American Dental Association | 2001
Mary Lyn Gaffield; Brenda J. Colley Gilbert; Dolores M. Malvitz; Raul Romaguera
Journal of Public Health Dentistry | 2003
Mark D. Macek; Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar; Stuart A. Lockwood; Dolores M. Malvitz
Journal of the American Dental Association | 2009
Susan O. Griffin; Shellie Kolavic Gray; Dolores M. Malvitz; Barbara F. Gooch
Journal of Public Health Dentistry | 1997
Eugenio D. Beltrán; Dolores M. Malvitz; Stephen A. Eklund
Journal of the American Dental Association | 2008
Susan O. Griffin; Kari Jones; Shellie Kolavic Gray; Dolores M. Malvitz; Barbara F. Gooch
Journal of Public Health Dentistry | 2003
Eugenio D. Beltrán-Aguilar; Dolores M. Malvitz; Stuart A. Lockwood; R. Gary Rozier; Scott L. Tomar
Journal of the American Dental Association | 2009
Shellie Kolavic Gray; Susan O. Griffin; Dolores M. Malvitz; Barbara F. Gooch