Rethinking approaches to sterilization in dentistry: multidrug resistance and new challenges in the COVID-19 era

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The article explores an integrated approach to managing infectious risks in dentistry, starting with the issue of multidrug resistance and ending with modern methods of sterilization and disinfection. Special attention is paid to changes in infection control practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The advantages of using laminar flow cabinets as an effective means of ensuring sterile conditions are discussed.

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Narine G. Sarkisyan

Ural State Medical University

Email: dr-brudyan@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6175-5752

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Therapeutic Dentistry and Propaedeutics of Dental Diseases

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Gor S. Brudyan

State Autonomous Health Institution of the Moscow Region, «Voskresensk Dental Polyclinic»

Author for correspondence.
Email: dr-brudyan@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-9434-8537

Surgeon

Russian Federation, Moscow Region, Voskresensk

Vladislav D. Mikhailov

Leningrad Regional Hospital

Email: dr-brudyan@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-9265-2985

Maxillofacial Surgeon, Dentist

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

Arsen H. Melikyan

Ural State Medical University

Email: dr-brudyan@mail.ru

Student of the 5th year of the Dental Faculty

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Isabella M. Osipova

Ural State Medical University

Email: dr-brudyan@mail.ru

Student of the 5th year of the Dental Faculty

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

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