Table 2.

The practices of dental technicians upon receiving the impressions

Questions	Answers	Count	Percentage
Do you wash the alginate impression?	Always	75	89.3%
	Sometimes	7	8.3%
Never	2	2.4%
Do you wash the silicon impression?	Always	70	84.3%
	Sometimes	11	13.3%
Never	2	2.4%
Do you disinfect the alginate impression?	Always	25	29.4%
	Sometimes	22	25.9%
Never	38	44.7%
Do you disinfect the silicon impression?	Always	26	31.0%
	Sometimes	22	26.2%
Never	36	42.9%
How do you disinfect?	Spray only	11	22.4%
	Immerse only	5	10.2%
	Spray and immerse	1	2.0%
	Water then spray	14	28.6%
	Water then immerse	11	22.4%
Idon’t know	7	14.2%
Do you wear gloves?	Always	20	24.4%
	Sometime	31	37.8%
Never	31	37.8%