National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Potential Exposures to Agents by Occupation

DENTAL HYGIENISTS (204)*


Agent
Code
Agent Name
X6603 ACETIC ACID VINYL ESTER, POLYMERS
20265 ALUMINUM OXIDE
80258 AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE
80257 AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE
90310 ASBESTOS
80611 BARIUM SULFATE
80527 BENZISOTHIAZOLIN-3-ONE, 1,1-DIOXIDE, SODIUM SALT, 1,2-
81723 BENZOCAINE
X3207 BENZOIN TINCTURE
84830 BENZOTHIAZOLE, 2,2'-DITHIOBIS-
82113 BENZOTRIAZOLE, 1,2,3-
82924 BENZYL SALICYLATE
13980 BUTANONE, 2-
X9682 C.I. ACID RED 2, SODIUM SALT
80244 CALCIUM SULFATE
68850 CARBONIC ACID DISODIUM SALT (8CI) (9CI)
80069 CARBONIC ACID MONOSODIUM SALT
T1474 CELLULOSE, CARBOXYMETHYL ETHER, SODIUM SALT
31970 CHLOROETHANE
18500 CHLOROFORM
83641 COPPER HYDROXIDE
X3027 DENATURED ALCOHOL
24615 ETHANOL, 2,2'-IMINODI-
31500 ETHYL ALCOHOL
73790 ETHYLENE, TRICHLORO-
P2006 FINGER-MANIPULATIONS
33640 FORMALDEHYDE
35085 GLYCEROL
35260 GLYCOLIC ACID
X7669 GLYCOLS, POLYETHYLENE
X5849 GLYCOLS, POLYETHYLENE, MONO((1,1,3,3-TETRAMETHYLBUTYL)PHENYL) ETHER
P2005 HAND/WRIST-MANIPULATIONS
38605 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
M0747 HYDROQUINONE
69090 HYPOCHLOROUS ACID, SODIUM SALT
M1463 IRON OXIDE (FE2O3)
40987 ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
83734 ISOSTEARIC ACID
84544 LEAD OXIDE (PBO2)
84482 LIDOCAINE
44870 MERCURY
47700 METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER
51118 NITROGEN OXIDE (N2O)
M4279 OCTADECANOIC ACID, PENTACHLORO-, METHYL ESTER
M1218 ORANGE, OIL
T1542 PARAFFIN OILS
80083 PHENOL, 4-CHLORO-3,5-DIMETHYL-
58520 PHOSPHORIC ACID
83818 PHOSPHORIC ACID, MONOSODIUM SALT
M1131 PHTHALIC ACID, BUTYL ESTER, ESTER WITH BUTYL GLYCOLATE
80248 PHTHALIC ACID, DIBUTYL ESTER
X5788 PIPECOLOXYLIDIDE, 2',6'-, 1-METHYL-
X9079 POTASSIUM OXIDE K2O
X9566 2-PROPENOIC ACID, 2-METHYL-, ETHYL ESTER, HOMOPOLYMER
92780 PUMICE
X4004 PYROSULFUROUS ACID, DISODIUM SALT
T1554 QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS, ALKYLBENZYLDIMETHYL, CHLORIDES
X2020 QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS, C12-18-ALKYL(ETHYLPHENYL)METHYL)DIMETHYL, CHLORIDES
48320 SALICYLIC ACID, METHYL ESTER
X6493 SILICA, AMORPHOUS
68657 SILICIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
80214 SODIUM BENZOATE
84425 SODIUM FLUORIDE
81993 SODIUM PERBORATE
69740 STEARIC ACID
70845 SULFUR
82009 TALLOW
M0913 TITANIUM OXIDE (TIO2)
X1512 TRIPHOSPHORIC ACID, SODIUM SALT (CAS# NOT SPECIFIED)
82058 UNIDECENOIC ACID, 10-, ZINC SALT
P0450 X-RADIATION
M1183 XANTHAN GUM
77190 ZINC OXIDE
X5686 ZINC OXIDE (ZNO)
77220 ZINC SULFATE

*The agents listed for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agents were observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries.

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