Sterilization is the process of purifying a substance from all of the microorganisms. Infection control in dentistry has started to gain great importance since the first half of the 1980s and has become one of the most important parts of today's 
modern dentistry practice. Dentists and auxiliary staff who work at the oral environment rich in blood, secretions and encounter microorganisms that can cause many diseases have the chance to become infected and infect their patients when
standard preventive measures are not taken. Therefore, dentists and auxiliary staff must know infection control methods in detail.

Sterilization is an important part of dental practice and infection control process. Therefore, all dentists and auxiliary staff must protect themselves and their patients from infections by applying standard infection control procedures.