DISCUSSION
DENTAL AEROSOLS SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE

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Article Title and Bibliographic Information

Meethil AP, Saraswat S, Chaudhary PP, Dabdoub SM, Kumar PS. Sources of SARS-CoV-2 and other microorganisms in dental aerosols. J Dent Res 2021;100(8);817–23. doi: 10.1177/00,220,345,211,015,948.

Source of Funding

The authors reported that no external funding sources directly supported this study.

Type of Study/Design

Experimental research.

Keywords

COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Dental aerosol

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Poramate Pitak-Arnnop, MD, DDS, MSc, PhD, DSc, FEBOMFS, FICS, FRSM (London), Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, UKGM, Campus Marburg, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany [email protected].

Prim Auychai, DDS, MSc, FRCDST, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Prim Auychai, DDS, MSc, FRCDST, Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, UKGM, Campus Marburg, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Conflict of interest: The authors (reviewers) indicated neither funding nor conflicts of interest in relation to this work.

PURPOSE/QUESTION: Are aerosolgenerating dental procedures (AGDPs) linked to significant aerosol distribution, and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 transmission?

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