Table 2: Type and amount of the infectious waste produced in studied dental practices in 2012. Figures in the parenthesis are percentage from the total waste, 7152.8 kg.
Waste description	Weight (kg) and percentage of waste prod uced
	Public dental practices	Private dental practices
Latex gloves	1789.4 (25.1)	394.9 (5.5)
Used ampoules	637.7 (8.9)	83.5 (1.2)
Saliva-contaminated paper towel	517.2 (7.3)	117.5 (1.6)
Stick mouth	505.0 (7.1)	84.0 (1.2)
Suction head	499.3 (7.0)	99.0 (1.4)
Nylon gloves	463.1 (6.5)	165.5 (2.3)
Needles and sharps	259.9 (3.6)	39.5 (0.6)
Saliva-contaminated gauze	253.0 (3.6)	48.5 (0.7)
Saliva-contaminated cotton	252.4 (3.5)	58.0 (0.8)
Syringes plastic	216.0 (3.0)	81.8 (1.1)
Blood-contaminated paper towel	115.3 (1.6)	24.5 (0.3)
Blood-contaminated gauze	92.0 (1.3)	35.5 (0.5)
Dental floss	71.6 (1.0)	26.6 (0.4)
Blood-contaminated cotton	67.0 (0.9)	25.0 (0.4)
Dental mirror	38.8 (0.5)	14.0 (0.2)
Medicine ampoule packaging	18.1 (0.3)	6.6 (0.1)
Surgical blade	12.0 (0.2)	4.3 (0.1)
Extracted teeth	6.5 (0.1)	2.5 (0.0)
Tongue blade	4.2 (0.1)	3.0 (0.0)
Total infectious waste	5818.5 (81.7)	1314.2 (18.4)