Controlling Aerosols With Dental Extractor Technology
By Jotham Siozon, RDH, BS and Sheryl L. Syme, RDH, MS
As policymakers, healthcare officials, clinicians, and the general population wrestle with the impact of highly virulent strains of COVID-19, feelings of uncertainty, fear, and confusion remain in many homes and workspaces. In light of the increased transmission rates and disease severity associated with these strains, independent sources—such as the Coronavirus Resource Center at John Hopkins University1—continue to track daily morbidity and mortality on a national and global scale. The impact of COVID-19 is particularly problematic in clinical oral health settings due to spatter and aerosols produced by power-driven dental instruments. Although it has yet to be proven whether dental aerosols from SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals contain viral loads sufficient to cause cross-transmission, until this is scientifically and definitively proven or refuted, aerosols should be considered potentially infectious and controlled as much as possible.
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