Reduction of aerosol dissemination in a dental area generated by high-speed and scaler ultrasonic devices employing the “Prime Protector”

• Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: esguzmanfl@uide.edu.ec

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6266

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• Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Martín Campuzano-Donoso ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-8548

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• Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-5550

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• Melanie Llerena-Velásquez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esthelvia Carolina Guzmán-Flores, Amparo Rocío Fuentes-Ayala, Alicia Consuelo Martínez-Martínez, Daniela Estefanía Aguayo-Félix, Margarita Valeria Arellano-Osorio, Martín Campuzano-Donoso, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Melanie Llerena-Velásquez, Yajaira Vásquez-Tenorio

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, International University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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