{"title":"[\"Treat\" or \"not treat\"?].","authors":"M Valois, R G Landry","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the last few years, we have had to face the sad reality and statistics related to hepatitis B and AIDS. These two infectious entities are in fact the major cause of concern for dentists in their capacity as health professionals. This article reviews certain legislative points of view which should help every dentist in their decision as to whether to treat these so-called \"infectious\" or \"contagious\" patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":76105,"journal":{"name":"Le Journal dentaire du Quebec","volume":"26 ","pages":"421-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Le Journal dentaire du Quebec","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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During the last few years, we have had to face the sad reality and statistics related to hepatitis B and AIDS. These two infectious entities are in fact the major cause of concern for dentists in their capacity as health professionals. This article reviews certain legislative points of view which should help every dentist in their decision as to whether to treat these so-called "infectious" or "contagious" patients.