ReviewDisaster medicine and public health preparedness2021
Effectiveness and Recommendations for the Use of Dental Masks in the Prevention of COVID-19: A Literature Review.
Review in Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Reusable Personal Protective Equipment Viewed Through the Lens of Sustainability.International dental journal · 2024Review
- Transcriptome changes in humans acutely exposed to nanoparticles during grinding of dental nanocomposites.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of aerosols in a simulated orthodontic debanding procedure.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Pollution free UV-C radiation to mitigate COVID-19 transmission.Gondwana research : international geoscience journal · 2023Article
- Radon Progeny Adsorption on Facial Masks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Article
- Management of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Emergency Dental Settings: Current Knowledge and Personal Experience.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2022Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Romanian Postgraduate Periodontal Residency Teaching: Past Experience, Present Imperatives and Future Considerations in a Multicentric Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Power Muirhead mean in spherical normal fuzzy environment and its applications to multi-attribute decision-making: Spherical normal fuzzy power Muirhead mean.Complex & intelligent systems · 2022Article
- Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rate among Romanian Dental Practitioners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Comparison of Compliance with Infection Control Practices Among Dental Students in Saudi Arabia Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental practice in Iran: a questionnaire-based report.BMC oral health · 2020Article
- The urgency of vaccination against Covid-19 in dentists.Revista cientifica odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur)Article
- A Survey of Self-perceived Physical Discomforts and Health Behaviors Related to Personal Protective Equipment of Indian Dental Professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
- Historical Evolution and Filtering Characteristics of Masks and Respirators in Dentistry in the Context of COVID-19: A Literature Review.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryReview
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to identify, synthesize, and compare all the current information on the efficacy of dental masks, emphasizing their use, types, and filters to prevent the spread and infection of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. A bibliographic search of the main scientific databases was carried out using the words "masks, COVID-19, and dentistry." Articles without language restriction up to May 31, 2020, were obtained. The types of masks, their half-life, method to use, sterilization, and proposed alternatives for dental masks were analyzed. Most of the articles refer to the use of N95 or FFP2 respirators presented as a strategy to extend the life of the masks and limited reuse. Regarding sterilization, most of the articles presented studies using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation as the sterilization method. Regarding respirator mask half-life, we recommend prolonged use, combined with a disposable surgical mask over the respirator mask. Finally, the use of N95 or FFP2 respirators are recommended as part of personal protective equipment for dental use.
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