ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2021
Aerosol formation due to a dental procedure: insights leading to the transmission of diseases to the environment.
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- Can aerosols-generating dental, oral and maxillofacial, and orthopedic surgical procedures lead to disease transmission? An implication on the current COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in oral health · 2022Pooled it
- Electrolyzed saline coolant mitigates bacterial airborne deposition in dental procedures.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Visualisation of Droplet Flow Induced by Ultrasonic Dental Cleaning.International dental journal · 2024Article
- Precise control of digital dental unit to reduce aerosol and splatter production: new challenges for future epidemics.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Aerosol-generating procedures and associated control/mitigation measures: Position paper from the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association and the American Dental Hygienists' Association.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2024Review
- High-volume evacuation mitigates viral aerosol spread in dental procedures.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Bioaerosol distribution characteristics and potential SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in a multi-compartment dental clinic.Building and environment · 2022Article
- Droplet size distribution, atomization mechanism and dynamics of dental aerosols.Journal of aerosol science · 2022Article
- Efficacy of dental evacuation systems for aerosol exposure mitigation in dental clinic settings.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2022Article
- Electrospun membranes filtering 100 nm particles from air flow by means of the van der Waals and Coulomb forces.Journal of membrane science · 2022Article
- Particle Size Analysis in Aerosol-Generating Dental Procedures Using Laser Diffraction Technique.Frontiers in oral health · 2022Article
- How the high-volume evacuation alters the flow-field and particle removal characteristics in the mock-up dental clinic.Building and environment · 2021Article
- Occupational Infections among Dental Health Workers in Germany-14-Year Time Trends.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An experimental approach to analyze aerosol and splatter formations due to a dental procedure.Experiments in fluids · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
As a result of the outbreak and diffusion of SARS-CoV-2, there has been a directive to advance medical working conditions. In dentistry, airborne particles are produced through aerosolization facilitated by dental instruments. To develop methods for reducing the risks of infection in a confined environment, understanding the nature and dynamics of these droplets is imperative and timely. This study provides the first evidence of aerosol droplet formation from an ultrasonic scalar under simulated oral conditions. State-of-the-art optical flow tracking velocimetry and shadowgraphy measurements are employed to quantitatively measure the flow velocity, trajectories and size distribution of droplets produced during a dental scaling process. The droplet sizes are found to vary from 5 µm to 300 µm; these correspond to droplet nuclei that could carry viruses. The droplet velocities also vary between 1.3 m s
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