A clinical observational analysis of aerosol emissions from dental procedures.

Aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) are defined as any procedure releasing airborne particles <5 μm in size from the respiratory tract. There remains uncertainty about which dental procedures constitute AGPs. We quantified the aerosol number concentration generated during a range of periodontal,...

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Main Authors: Tom Dudding, Sadiyah Sheikh, Florence Gregson, Jennifer Haworth, Simon Haworth, Barry G Main, Andrew J Shrimpton, Fergus W Hamilton, AERATOR group, Anthony J Ireland, Nick A Maskell, Jonathan P Reid, Bryan R Bzdek, Mark Gormley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265076