a trainee nurse and a qualified dental nurse. The other injury occurred due to movement of the patient during an injection. In the surgical unit still using metal non disposable syringes two ...

Dental hygiene students and faculty may prefer traditional metal syringes over disposable safety syringes, according to a pilot study published by the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA).

Clinical dental practice has always carried a risk of sharps injury and a third of such injuries are sustained from non-disposable local anaesthetic syringes, usually during removal and disposal ...

"The metal syringe does cause them a little bit of anxiety ... especially for patients who have had a bad experience with dental anesthesia in the past. "The wand is actually a small tube.