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Study: Dental bib clips can harbor oral bacteria even after disinfection

April 03, 2013

Researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and the Forsyth Institute published a study this week that found that a significant proportion of dental bib clips harbored bacteria from the patient, dental clinician and the environment even after the clips had undergone standard disinfection procedures in a hygiene clinic.