A 1992 update on hepatitis B vaccination.

Surveillance studies of people at high risk for hepatitis B, combined with almost 10 years of experience with the vaccine, have allowed cost effective vaccination programs to be devised. It would make good sense to incorporate the hepatitis B vaccination into the standard childhood immunization protocols. Present teenagers, who will not benefit from such a program, would be well advised to be vaccinated. All clinical dental staff should also be immunized. These three actions would be very effective in curbing the spread of this preventable disease.