[HTML][HTML] Bioaerosols and airborne transmission in the dental clinic

JR Allison, S Tiede, R Holliday, J Durham… - international dental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The importance of aerosols (particles suspended in air) produced during dental procedures
became more apparent than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerns over …

Aerosol and splatter generation with rotary handpieces used in restorative and orthodontic dentistry: a systematic review

W Al-Yaseen, R Jones, S McGregor, W Wade… - BDJ open, 2022 - nature.com
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in dental care globally,
in part due to the potential for contaminated aerosol to be generated by dental activities. This …

Local exhaust ventilation to control dental aerosols and droplets

JR Allison, C Dowson, K Pickering… - Journal of dental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Dental procedures produce aerosols that may remain suspended and travel significant
distances from the source. Dental aerosols and droplets contain oral microbes, and there is …

Propagation and evaporation of contaminated droplets, emission and exposure in surgery environments revealed by laser visualization and numerical …

X Li, CM Mak, Z Ai, KW Ma, HM Wong - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The contaminated liquid mixture containing mucosalivary fluid and blood would be
aerosolized during medical procedures, resulting in higher-risk exposures. The novelty of …

Aerosol concentrations and size distributions during clinical dental procedures

L Lahdentausta, E Sanmark, S Lauretsalo, V Korkee… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Suspected aerosol-generating dental instruments may cause risks for operators
by transmitting pathogens, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The aim of our study was to …

High-speed dental instruments: an investigation of protein-contaminated dental Handpieces with the Bicinchoninic acid assay in dental offices in Styria, Austria

M Schalli, B Kogler, T Miorini, M Gehrer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to permanent contact with bodily secretions such as blood and saliva, the dental
workplace poses a high risk of infection for patients as well as for personnel. High-speed …

Quantifying strategies to minimize aerosol dispersion in dental clinics

S Dey, M Tunio, LC Boryc, BD Hodgson… - Experimental and …, 2023 - Springer
Many dental procedures are aerosol-generating and pose a risk for the spread of airborne
diseases, including COVID-19. Several aerosol mitigation strategies are available to reduce …

increased handpiece speeds without air coolant: Aerosols and thermal impact

JJ Vernon, PE Lancaster, EVI Black… - Journal of Dental …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study assessed the impact of increased speed of high-speed contra-angle handpieces
(HSCAHs) on the aerosolization of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Experimental study of a dental airotor cooling spray system

B Pathak, S Yadav - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we have characterized a spray system used in dental airotors. Experimental
data with respect to droplet size and velocity are generated at different locations in the spray …

Efficacy of aerosol reduction measures for dental aerosol generating procedures

Z He, Q Gao, A Henley… - Aerosol Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aerosol particles generated by dental procedures could facilitate the transmission of
infectious diseases and contain carcinogen particles. Such particles can penetrate common …