A pilot study of bioaerosol reduction using an air cleaning system during dental procedures

British Dental Journal

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Hallier, C ^a   Williams, D W ^a   Potts, A J C ^a   Lewis, M A O ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL FACILITY; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

AEROSOLS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL OFFICES; DENTAL SCALING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 78049240387     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.975     Document Type: Article

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