A Canadian Dentist That Wasn’t Sanitizing Equipment Properly

Not only, restaurants must maintain a high standard of sanitation and hygiene. A dentist must also ensure that they are fulfilling those standards. Just consider what would happen if your dentist didn't clean their equipment in between patients and began probing your mouth with all those tools that were still contaminated from the mouth of the previous patient. If you find it difficult to imagine, relax; it actually did happen.

After a patient contracted an infection, a dentist in Canada was forced to close its doors in 2017. When inspectors visited the company, they found that the equipment wasn't being adequately sterilized. As a result, 3,600 former patients received letters from public health officials advising them to obtain HIV and hepatitis tests just to be safe. Although thought to be low risk, it was nevertheless a possibility. A class action lawsuit against the dentist resulted from that.