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Risk at Dentist Office?

Is there any risk of contracting HIV at the dentist's office?
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Thanks. I will
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Seek a therapist, they can help with anxiety.
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Thanks for your help. I am seeing someone to help me with my anxiety. I just need to learn how to manage it
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No worries.  
Just keep in mind that the dentist does not wish it catch anything either, thus is why they treat everyone as infected in the first place.

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Thanks.  I worry because sometimes you don't see needle coming out of package
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Nope.

Dentists and all of their nursing staff go through severe training to eliminate risks, they are as sterile as you can get.

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