A clinical observational analysis of aerosol emissions from dental procedures

• Tom Dudding ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tom Dudding, Sadiyah Sheikh

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-040X

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• Sadiyah Sheikh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tom Dudding, Sadiyah Sheikh

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Aerosol Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Florence Gregson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Aerosol Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Jennifer Haworth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Royal United Hospital Bath, Combe Park, Bath, United Kingdom

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• Simon Haworth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Barry G. Main,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Andrew J. Shrimpton,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Fergus W. Hamilton,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Infection Sciences, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• AERATOR group ,

  ¶Membership of the AERATOR group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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• Anthony J. Ireland,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Royal United Hospital Bath, Combe Park, Bath, United Kingdom

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• Nick A. Maskell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Academic Respiratory Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan P. Reid,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Aerosol Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Bryan R. Bzdek ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶Membership of the AERATOR group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliation Bristol Aerosol Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Mark Gormley

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mark.gormley@bristol.ac.uk

  ¶Membership of the AERATOR group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5733-6304

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