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Hi All,
New here. I've been working in a dental production job in California milling both e.max and zirconia for a few years now. I am wondering how safe the zirconia dust and e.max residue is to work around/if there are any long term affects like lung cancer associated with them. My efforts to research this matter myself has resulted in conflicting information or simply reading the words "this hasn't been tested or investigated" over and over again. I realize that working with Zirconia/e.max is a kind of working with ceramics/glass but do they pose the same types of risks? (I know silica can be dangerous but I believe this has been removed from the e.max and am not sure if it is present in ZrO2?)
So.. is it safe to be breathing in/working around at all? My hope is that OSHA has set limits on exposure to this kind of thing. I'm also curious if getting a little bit on your clothes then washing them using the machine at home is a bad thing or not. I wear a basic medical mask and smock daily, nothing fancy. Hoping someone with more years of experience can answer! Thanks!
New here. I've been working in a dental production job in California milling both e.max and zirconia for a few years now. I am wondering how safe the zirconia dust and e.max residue is to work around/if there are any long term affects like lung cancer associated with them. My efforts to research this matter myself has resulted in conflicting information or simply reading the words "this hasn't been tested or investigated" over and over again. I realize that working with Zirconia/e.max is a kind of working with ceramics/glass but do they pose the same types of risks? (I know silica can be dangerous but I believe this has been removed from the e.max and am not sure if it is present in ZrO2?)
So.. is it safe to be breathing in/working around at all? My hope is that OSHA has set limits on exposure to this kind of thing. I'm also curious if getting a little bit on your clothes then washing them using the machine at home is a bad thing or not. I wear a basic medical mask and smock daily, nothing fancy. Hoping someone with more years of experience can answer! Thanks!