In most hospital wards it is relatively poor compared with dentistry. Gloves are not for the protection of dentists, particularly. Instruments are cleaned and sterilised between patients and as many things as possible are thrown away after use. So I think it is grossly unfair and unreasonable to say dentists do not take care about cross infection control. We are very concerned about the risk of getting the BSE virus in the dental instruments.
Some dentists use one instrument to a family with children during a check-up.
First of all, we need to establish that CJD is not a virus. It's something completely different. When it comes to families, I do not see why families should be treated differently to anyone else. If you were not prepared to put something into a patient's mouth and then put it into someone else's mouth immediately afterwards. I do not see why you would be willing to do it for people in the same family.