Aerosol, a health hazard during ultrasonic scaling: A clinico-microbiological study

• Main Authors: Akanksha Singh (Author), R G Shiva Manjunath (Author), Deepak Singla (Author), Hirak S Bhattacharya (Author), Arijit Sarkar (Author), Neeraj Chandra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Context: Ultrasonic scaling is a routinely used treatment to remove plaque and calculus from tooth surfaces. These scalers use water as a coolant which is splattered during the vibration of the tip. The splatter when mixed with saliva and plaque of the patients causes the aerosol highly infectious a...