Abstract

Aim and objectives: The study proposes to identify the possibility of a change in the medical relationship between dentists and patients with an infectious disease (HIV, HVB, HCV), compared to the relationship between dentists and patients without any infectious diseases, from the perspective of dentists with experience in the profession. Material and methods: The studied lot is formed of 100 dentists that practice in the Constanta county. They completed a quiz which comprised of questions about the medical relationship between the dentist and patients that are known to have infectious diseases (HIV, HVB, HCV.). Results: According to the values obtained by comparing the results from the group of dentists with less than 3 years of experience on the stress levels on the treatment of both a patient that was recently/previously diagnosed with an infectious disease and a patient without infectious diseases, there us a statistically significant difference. The same aspect was observed aswell in the case of the other group of dentists, with more than 3 years of experience. Conclusions: There is an obvious change in the medical relationship between the physician and the contagious patient (HIV, HBV, HCV).

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