“Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Many dental procedures use modern devices like an air rotor and ultrasonic scaler, which generate aerosols and droplets. The dental procedures cannot be performed without the above devices. The ways commonly available today to control aerosols are suction, saliva ejectors, but it does little to co...
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| description | Many dental procedures use modern devices like an air rotor and ultrasonic scaler, which generate aerosols and droplets. The
dental procedures cannot be performed without the above devices. The ways commonly available today to control aerosols are
suction, saliva ejectors, but it does little to control aerosols. The expensive filters like High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) are
available but they are not easily available in rural set-up and economical for everyone. There are many diseases, for examplesevere acute respiratory syndrome, tuberculosis, influenza and viral infections, which spread through droplets, so management
of the infection control procedures for aerosols is mandatory in dental clinics. A novel human coronavirus-that is, Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also can be transferred through droplets and splatter. The COVID-19 pandemic
has led to the manufacturing of novel devices to protect the dentist from the risk of transmission. The “Pravara tent” (the name
Pravara was given to the tent by the authors as it was invented at the place called Pravara) is one of the examples of a protective
(box) device, which can be used to control aerosols generated from air rotor and an ultrasonic scaler to reduce transmission of
diseases between clinicians, and the patients. So, this tent is a simple, modified, and economical innovative protective device
working with high efficacy by creating a barrier between patient and dentist to minimise aerosols during dental procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67658e6dc1a64330b07b04960090c9fc2022-12-21T22:30:13ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2020-11-011411ZH01ZH0310.7860/JCDR/2020/45417.14194“Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 PandemicDeepak Macchindra Vikhe0Summit V Dhope1Prasad N Mhaske2 Seemit V Shah3Umesh G Palekar4Reader/Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Rural Dental College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (DU), Pravara Medical Trust, Loni, Maharashtra, India.Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, V.Y.W.S Dental College and Hospital, Amarvati, Maharashtra, India.Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillo Surgery, Rural Dental College and Hospital, Pravara Medical Trust, Loni, Maharashtra, India.Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Rural Dental College and Hospital, PIMS, Pravara Medical Trust, Loni, Maharashtra, India.Many dental procedures use modern devices like an air rotor and ultrasonic scaler, which generate aerosols and droplets. The dental procedures cannot be performed without the above devices. The ways commonly available today to control aerosols are suction, saliva ejectors, but it does little to control aerosols. The expensive filters like High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) are available but they are not easily available in rural set-up and economical for everyone. There are many diseases, for examplesevere acute respiratory syndrome, tuberculosis, influenza and viral infections, which spread through droplets, so management of the infection control procedures for aerosols is mandatory in dental clinics. A novel human coronavirus-that is, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also can be transferred through droplets and splatter. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the manufacturing of novel devices to protect the dentist from the risk of transmission. The “Pravara tent” (the name Pravara was given to the tent by the authors as it was invented at the place called Pravara) is one of the examples of a protective (box) device, which can be used to control aerosols generated from air rotor and an ultrasonic scaler to reduce transmission of diseases between clinicians, and the patients. So, this tent is a simple, modified, and economical innovative protective device working with high efficacy by creating a barrier between patient and dentist to minimise aerosols during dental procedures.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/14194/45417_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AKA_SL)_PFA(AKA_SL)_PN(SL).pdfairbornedropletsdental proceduresinnovativeinfection controlnoveltransmission of diseases |
| spellingShingle | Deepak Macchindra Vikhe Summit V Dhope Prasad N Mhaske Seemit V Shah Umesh G Palekar “Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research airborne droplets dental procedures innovative infection control novel transmission of diseases |
| title | “Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | “Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | “Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | “Pravara Tent”- An Innovative Protective Device to Control Aerosol in Dental Clinics during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | pravara tent an innovative protective device to control aerosol in dental clinics during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | airborne droplets dental procedures innovative infection control novel transmission of diseases |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/14194/45417_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AKA_SL)_PFA(AKA_SL)_PN(SL).pdf |
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