{"title":"评估牙科手术过程中使用牙科手机和超声波清洗机产生的气溶胶和飞溅物:一项试点研究","authors":"Pamela L. Alberto, M. Conte, Thomas M Scorziello","doi":"10.31579/2643-6612/027","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"There have been many articles written about aerosols and splatter during dental procedures with the potential for disease transmission. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, aerosol production during dental procedures has been considered a potential disease transmission pathway. Since there is no documented cases of dental professionals acquiring SARS-Cov1 or COVID-19, we decided to see how much aerosol is produced by a Dental High speed drill and ultrasonic scaler. Also if the use of high volume suction can eliminate any aerosol transmission. A pilot study using Glo Germ in the water to evaluate under blacklight the aerosol pattern and spread produced by a high speed dental handpiece and an ultrasonic scaler was performed. The results found that high volume suction using an 8mm diameter suction tip eliminated aerosol spray spread with a high speed dental handpiece. Minimal aerosol spread was found with the use of a cavitron scaler.","PeriodicalId":320549,"journal":{"name":"Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Evaluation of Aerosol and Splatter Production using Dental Handpieces and Ultrasonic Scalers during Dental Procedures: A Pilot Study\",\"authors\":\"Pamela L. Alberto, M. Conte, Thomas M Scorziello\",\"doi\":\"10.31579/2643-6612/027\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"There have been many articles written about aerosols and splatter during dental procedures with the potential for disease transmission. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, aerosol production during dental procedures has been considered a potential disease transmission pathway. Since there is no documented cases of dental professionals acquiring SARS-Cov1 or COVID-19, we decided to see how much aerosol is produced by a Dental High speed drill and ultrasonic scaler. Also if the use of high volume suction can eliminate any aerosol transmission. A pilot study using Glo Germ in the water to evaluate under blacklight the aerosol pattern and spread produced by a high speed dental handpiece and an ultrasonic scaler was performed. The results found that high volume suction using an 8mm diameter suction tip eliminated aerosol spray spread with a high speed dental handpiece. Minimal aerosol spread was found with the use of a cavitron scaler.\",\"PeriodicalId\":320549,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery\",\"volume\":\"28 1\",\"pages\":\"0\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2022-01-06\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.31579/2643-6612/027\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dentistry and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31579/2643-6612/027","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation of Aerosol and Splatter Production using Dental Handpieces and Ultrasonic Scalers during Dental Procedures: A Pilot Study
There have been many articles written about aerosols and splatter during dental procedures with the potential for disease transmission. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, aerosol production during dental procedures has been considered a potential disease transmission pathway. Since there is no documented cases of dental professionals acquiring SARS-Cov1 or COVID-19, we decided to see how much aerosol is produced by a Dental High speed drill and ultrasonic scaler. Also if the use of high volume suction can eliminate any aerosol transmission. A pilot study using Glo Germ in the water to evaluate under blacklight the aerosol pattern and spread produced by a high speed dental handpiece and an ultrasonic scaler was performed. The results found that high volume suction using an 8mm diameter suction tip eliminated aerosol spray spread with a high speed dental handpiece. Minimal aerosol spread was found with the use of a cavitron scaler.