Microbial contamination of spittoons and germicidal effect of irradiation with krypton chloride excimer lamps (Far UV-C 222 nm)

• Hiroaki Tanimoto ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tanimoto@cc.osaka-dent.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Operative Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Hirakata, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6252-1418

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• Yoshimasa Ogawa,

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

  Affiliation Ushio Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takayuki Nambu,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Hirakata, Japan

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• Toru Koi,

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

  Affiliation Ushio Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4532-5756

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• Hiroyuki Ohashi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ushio Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshinori Okinaga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Hirakata, Japan

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• Kazuyo Yamamoto

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Operative Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Hirakata, Japan

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