Dental hand piece shield or prophylactic

A removable disposable sterile dental hand piece shield or prophylactic for placement over and in proximate contact with a dental hand piece, having head, arm, and handle portions, for significantly reducing the spread of communicable diseases which may be transmitted by or through contact with human body fluids and tissues during a first and subsequent uses of the dental hand piece in conjunction with the treatment of two or more patients eliminating the need for repeated sterilization of said dental hand piece between such uses for the two or more patients comprising a head portion and a skirt or sleeve portion;

• said head portion being substantially cylindrical, having opposed substantially annular apertures in the top and bottom thereof and having an extension protruding outward from the side of the head portion for connecting to and mating with the skirt or sleeve portion, said bottom aperture providing an opening with clearance sufficient for attachment, detachment and operation of a dental bur or other tool without contacting the rim of the opening, said top aperture providing an opening with clearance sufficient for manipulation of the dental bur or other tool releasable securing means and for exhaust of the air from the dental bur or other tool turbine drive means;
• said skirt or sleeve portion being substantially annular over its entire length along the arm and handle portions of the dental hand piece, having an extension at its proximal end over the arm portion of the dental hand piece for connecting to and mating with the extension of the head portion and having at its distal end a reinforcing collar.