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Over a decade into the HIV epidemic there is still concern about occupational transmission of HIV despite a demonstrated exceptionally low risk. This paper reviews the possible routes of transmission of HIV other than proven parenteral routes. Some of the recently evaluated facts about HIV are reviewed in relation to the practice of clinical dentistry
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Scully, C., Samaranayake, L. & Martin, M. HIV: answers to common questions on transmission, disinfection and antisepsis in clinical dentistry. Br Dent J 175, 175–179 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4808264
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4808264