ArticleJournal of dental research2021
Sources of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Microorganisms in Dental Aerosols.
Article in Journal of dental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among oral health care workers worldwide: A meta-analysis.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2023Pooled it
- Attitudes of COVID-19 vaccination among college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis of willingness, associated determinants, and reasons for hesitancy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Dentists and Members of the Dental Team During Infectious Diseases Outbreaks: Adopted by the FDI General Assembly: 27-29 September 2021, Sydney, Australia.International dental journal · 2022Guideline
- Effectiveness of Preprocedural Mouthwashes: A Triple-Blind Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial.International dental journal · 2025Trial
- Mouth rinses efficacy on salivary SARS-CoV-2 viral load: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of medical virology · 2023Trial
- Estimating salivary carriage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in nonsymptomatic people and efficacy of mouthrinse in reducing viral load: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2021Trial
- Electrolyzed saline coolant mitigates bacterial airborne deposition in dental procedures.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Dental devices and antimicrobial resistance: challenges, innovations, and regulatory compliances.Frontiers in medical technology · 2026Review
- SARS-CoV-2 Did Not Spread Through Dental Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.Infectious disease reports · 2025Article
- Aerosol Dispersion and Efficacy of Protective Strategies During Dental Procedures.International dental journal · 2025Article
- Establishment of a rapid and quantitative method for detecting the range of infection exposure in preclinical dental education.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Effect of Pre-Procedural Antiseptic Mouthwash On The Dentin Bond Strength of Dental Adhesives.The journal of adhesive dentistry · 2025Article
- Dental service utilization and the COVID-19 pandemic, a micro-data analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dental healthcare workers - a systematic review and meta-analysis.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2024Article
- COVID-19 in Dental Practice Is Prevented by Eugenol Responsible for the Ambient Odor Specific to Dental Offices: Possibility and Speculation.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2024Review
- Splatter generated by oral surgery irrigation and its implication for infection control.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Aerosol in the oral health-care setting: a misty topic.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Review
- Novel use of riboflavin as a fluorescent tracer in the dissemination of aerosol and splatter in an open operatory dental clinic.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2023Article
- The Oral Cavity Potentially Serving as a Reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 but Not Necessarily Facilitating the Spread of COVID-19 in Dental Practice.European journal of dentistry · 2023Article
- Dental calculus - An emerging bio resource for past SARS CoV2 detection, studying its evolution and relationship with oral microflora.Journal of King Saud University. Science · 2023Review
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Abstract
On March 16, 2020, 198,000 dentists in the United States closed their doors to patients, fueled by concerns that aerosols generated during dental procedures are potential vehicles for transmission of respiratory pathogens through saliva. Our knowledge of these aerosol constituents is sparse and gleaned from case reports and poorly controlled studies. Therefore, we tracked the origins of microbiota in aerosols generated during ultrasonic scaling, implant osteotomy, and restorative procedures by combining reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (to identify and quantify SARS-CoV-2) and 16S sequencing (to characterize the entire microbiome) with fine-scale enumeration and source tracking. Linear discriminant analysis of Bray-Curtis dissimilarity distances revealed significant class separation between the salivary microbiome and aerosol microbiota deposited on the operator, patient, assistant, or the environment (
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