Resources
Below you will find links to educational resources we recommend regarding air purification systems for medical and dental offices and related information. If you want to know more about our innovative solution to the problem of airborne pathogens in healthcare offices, call DentAirVac at (877) 336-8247, (360) 872-8349, or (206) 713-2725 (cell) and ask us – we’re always happy to help. You can also send us a message right now.
COVID-Related
- Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Science Magazine (Oct. 5, 2020)
- HEPA filters for SARS-CoV-2, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (May 8, 2020)
- COVID-19 and the problem with dental aerosols, Perio-Implant Advisory (Apr. 7, 2020)
- Lung aerosol dynamics of airborne influenza A virus-laden droplets and the resultant immune system responses: an in silico study, Journal of Aerosol Science (Aug. 2019)
- SMART: The safe mercury amalgam removal technique, with guidelines useful for virus protection, International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology
- Airborne infectious disease management: methods for temporary negative pressure isolation, Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness
- Going to the dentist during the coronavirus outbreak, Bellevue Dentists
Governmental Findings & Guidance
- Oral health: infection prevention & control guidelines, CDC
- Mercury in dental amalgam, EPA
- Smoke plume health hazards, CDC/NIOSH (Nov. 2006)
- Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings (2003), CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (PDF) – see pages 34 & 35
- Health effects of occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, CDC/NIOSH (Apr. 2002)
Helpful Industry Websites
- Colloidal Silver FAQ, immunizeLABS
- Dental Town, peer-to-peer dentistry-related message board
- International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology (IAOMT)
- Journal of the COPD Foundation (sign up for free digital subscription)
- Tom McGuire’s Mercury-Safe Dentist Internet Directory
- Mercury-Safe Dentistry, offering dentists the only DVD of its kind about how to make a dental practice occupationally mercury-safe, New Directions Dentistry
- Queen of Dental Hygiene blog
Research & Publications
- Summary of a pilot study of bioaerosol reduction using an air cleaning system during dental procedures, British Dental Journal (Oct. 23, 2020)
- Dentistry's aerosols: giving the dangerous bugs the attention they deserve, Today’s RDH (Oct. 24, 2019)
- CDC reports ‘cluster’ of dental professionals diagnosed with lung disease (COPD concerns), American Dental Association (Mar. 13, 2018)
- Protecting dental staff from the most hazardous job in America, Dental Economics (Dec. 2017)
- A scoping review on bioaerosols in healthcare and the dental environment, PLOS One (May 22, 2017)
- Research: stale office air is making you less productive, Harvard Business Review (Mar. 21, 2017)
- Dental aerosols: a silent hazard in dentistry!, International Journal of Science and Research (Nov. 2016)
- Important role for standalone indoor air purification systems, Canadian Journal of Infection Control (Fall 2016)
- Aerosols in dental practice - a neglected infectious vector, British Microbiology Research Journal (Apr. 15, 2016)
- Menace in the air, Journal of Integrated Dentistry (Mar. 2016)
- Role of high-efficiency particulate arrestor filters in control of airborne infections in dental clinics, Journal of Research in Dental Sciences (Dec. 2015)
- Which jobs are most damaging to your health?, Business Insider, Quant (Nov. 11, 2015)
- Dental germaphobics: when patients are not ‘crazy,’ RDH, the national magazine for dental hygiene professionals (Apr. 14, 2015)
- Health risks associated with exposure to surgical smoke for surgeons and operation room personnel, Surgery Today (Nov. 2014)
- Janet Stopka DDS shares her mercury toxicity story with the FDA, Mercury Exposure (Jan. 31, 2011)
- Video: Jessica Saepoff DDS explains how and why she uses the mercury dental vacuum, PBS, the American Health Journal series (Oct. 9, 2010)
- Airborne microbial contamination in dental practices in Iasi, Romania, Journal of Oral Health and Dental Management (Mar. 2010)
- The effectiveness of an air cleaner in controlling droplet/aerosol particle dispersion emitted from a patient’s mouth in the indoor environment of dental clinics, Journal of the Royal Society, Interface (Dec. 23, 2009)
- Cleaner air in the dental office, Ontario Dentist (Sept. 2009)
- Airborne microbial contamination of dental units, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tanaffos (2008)
- In-office air quality contamination: what you don't know will harm you, Oral Health Group Magazine (July 2007)
- Indoor air quality in a dentistry clinic, Science of the Total Environment (June 2007)
- Abstract on mercury vapor in the dental school environment, Sage Journals (Mar. 1, 2007). The study shows mercury vapor levels were several times higher than the suggested OSHA-permissible exposure limit of 100 mg/cubic meter.
- Dental bioaerosol as an occupational hazard in a dentist's workplace, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine (2007)
- Aerosols, Dentistry iQ (Nov. 1, 2006)
- Aerosols and splatter in dentistry, the Journal of the American Dental Association, Clinical Practice (2004)
- of Bimedical Sciences - Quantitative microbial monitoring in a dental office, Nature Portfolio, Public Health (2001)
- Risk of bacterial transmission in dental practice, Journal of the Canadian Dental Association (Nov. 2000)
