A recent study in the American Journal of Infection Control reports MRSA carriage by dental students and frequently touched dental clinic surfaces.
Sixty-one dental students and 95 environmental surfaces from 7 clinics were sampled.Thirteen (21%) dental students and 8 (8.4%) surfaces were MRSA positive. The MRSA-positive samples were from 4 of 7 dental clinics. The 21% of MRSA carriage by dental students is > 10 times higher than the general public and twice as frequent as in other university students.
Hopefully, this will not deter you from going to the dentist.
