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Dental surgeons, dental surgery assistants and patients are at risk of eye injury during certain dental procedures. We have reviewed the literature to reemphasise these hazards and have conducted a survey to determine how often injuries occur and what measures are taken to prevent them
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Roberts-Harry, T., Cass, A. & Jagger, J. Ocular injury and infection in dental practice. A survey and a review of the literature. Br Dent J 170, 20–22 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807396
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