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Dental care is a field of high priority regarding the risk of infections. Since many carriers are not aware of their infection, it may happen that the dentist meets a patient, in whom an earlier infection can be proven by serology, but the patient is not aware of it and the clinical signs and symptoms are missing, as well. For this reason, the dentist has to consider every patient potentially infected. ⋯ The essential importance of hygiene, the role of protective equipment and all the duties connected with should be emphasized. Furthermore, the continuing education of health-care workers is indispensable regarding the infectious diseases. In order to reduce the risk of nosocomial infections the authors summarize the state-of-the-art knowledge of infection control.