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Aerosol Control Using Dental Extractor Technology

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Equipping operatories with portable extraoral aerosol extractors can improve the safety of care by helping contain dental bioaerosols.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Explain dental aerosols and spatter, and concerns over aerosol-generating procedures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Describe mitigation strategies that can help control spatter and aerosols in dental settings.
  3. Discuss key factors in the purchase decision when introducing a dental aerosol extractor to the clinic.

This course was issued in November 2021 and expires November 2024. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Belmont Business Media is an ADA CERP-recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ada.org/cerp. Belmont Business Media Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026. Provider ID 317924
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Jotham Siozon, RDH, BS, is a clinical dental hygienist in private practice in Baltimore.


Sheryl L. Syme, RDH, MS, is an associate professor, director of the Bachelor of Science Degree Completion Program, and director of curriculum management in the Division of Dental Hygiene of the Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics, and Periodontology at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in Baltimore. She is also the education director for the Mid-Atlantic PANDA (Prevent Abuse and Neglect through Dental Awareness) Coalition and coauthor of the Abuse and Neglect chapter in Darby’s and Walsh’s Dental Hygiene Theory and Practice, 4th edition. She can be reached at ssyme@umaryland.edu.


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