![\"Ebola](\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Symptoms_of_ebola.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Ebola Virus<\/h2>\n
This virus is part of a class of viruses called hemorrhagic fevers. Once it is acquired, the patient begins a rapid process of disease culminating in massive internal bleeding and bleeding from bodily orifices. It has a death rate of 50%-90%. \u00a0Until this present outbreak, Ebola appeared in remote parts of Africa , and it killed who it was able to but due to the \u00a0isolated area, it rarely spread. What makes this outbreak so dangerous is that it has now found its way to population centers and from there it can travel via an infected patient on a plane to other parts of the world. It is only transmitted by direct fluid exchange. Ie, blood, semen,sweat,saliva. It is not transmitted via the air.<\/p>\n
Signs and Symptoms of Ebola<\/h2>\n
In any discussion of\u00a0Ebola and Dentistry,, we need to understand the disease. The American Dental association in conjunction with the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) list the following.<\/p>\n
![\"Ebola](\"http:\/\/www.greenspandental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2048px-ebola_virus_virion_wide-2b02217c2e453eb36938dabf4f062492cad6de36.jpg\")
<\/a>from exposure to symptoms, we should first be asking patients who have the above symptoms \u00a0if they have recently been in West African nations. Most people with symptoms will be too sick to visit a dentist, making our expose unlikely. Universal precautions of gloves and proper sterilization methods renders the virus noninfective. So in summary,\u00a0\u00a0Ebola and Dentistry can theoretically be a concern, but as of now, it is extremely minor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"