Noise exposures in professional practice in dentistry teachers

Abstract

Objetive: assessing noise exposure for the dental faculty practice in a private University of Asuncion in 2010.” The sampling was not probabilistic consecutive cases in a population of 90 teachers from a private university dentists Asuncion, participated in the study voluntarily a total of 70, whose ages ranged between 30 and 87 years of age. Results: Most respondents professionals practicing in private, so they may be less likely to have hearing problems, because they have fewer hours of noise exposure compared to those practicing in the private and public. That teachers are skilled at its highest percentage, with more likely to have affected the right ear than the left. That 95.7% of professionals do not use any hearing protector for your dental practice, it also emphasizes the predominance of women in the survey population and the largest number of dentists aged between 30 and 40 years equivalent to 40% of the total population. With regard to auditory perception, 90% of practitioners responded that he listened well, while 1.4% said they used some type of hearing protection during practice. Conclusion: The data presented below highlight the professional teachers are exposed to different types of noises that could eventually lead to hearing loss.