Anesthetic exposure and health of dental personnel.

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• Personal Author:
  Cohen EN
• Description:
  The results of an epidemiologic survey on health hazards in dentistry (SIC-8021) were summarized. The project was designed to determine possible health hazards to dentists and assistants; the contribution of anesthetic gases, particularly nitrous-oxide (10024972), to health problems; the effects of cigarette smoking on fetal viability and abnormalities; and the fetotoxic effects of anesthesia exposure during pregnancy. The 30,650 dentists and 30,547 assistants surveyed by mail were grouped according to anesthetic exposure. Increased rates for liver disease, kidney disease, an neurological disorders among male dentists were found. In wives of male dentists exposed to anesthetics, a 1.5 fold increase in the incidence of spontaneous abortion was noted. For dental assistants a 2.3-fold increase in spontaneous abortion occurred. Chronic exposure to nitrous-oxide was associated with an increase in adverse response. Surgical exposures of pregnant women to anesthetics resulted in a 57 percent fetal loss in women exposed during the first trimester, but no increase in congenital defects among the offspring. A 27 percent increase in spontaneous abortion was found for dental assistants who smoked and 21 percent increase occurred in smoking wives of dentists. Congenital abnormalities occurred in 34 percent of the babies born to dental assistants who smoked. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Anesthesia Dental Offices Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Health Surveys Hypnotics And Sedatives Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Toxicology Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Reproductive-system-disorders; Health-survey; Epidemiology; Reproductive-effects; Toxic-gases; Medical-personnel; Dentistry; Anesthesiology; Sedatives; Anesthetization; Toxicology
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115793
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88247655
• Citation:
  Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, California 1980 Jan; :1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Anesthesia Stanford University Department of Anesthesia Stanford, Calif 94305
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• NORA Priority Area:
  Reproductive System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Stanford University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8021 - Offices and clinics of dentists - (SIC)
• Start Date:
  19780601
• Source Full Name:
  Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, California
• End Date:
  19801130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246054/cdc_246054_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]