Study shows local exhaust ventilation controls dental aerosols and droplets

During the pandemic, the chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley, issued updated fallow time guidance based on the number of air changes taking place within a room. This ranged from 60 minutes for rooms with six air changes per hour, to a more practical 20 minutes for rooms with 10-12 air changes.

With fallow times impacting dental businesses across the world, practice owners and managers turned to LEV systems like the Dental Air UVC and praised its efficiency with Queens Park Dental team commenting, “We looked at various solutions and the VODEX Dental Air UVC came out on top.”

Whilst some previous studies have been carried out, Vodex believes this report is the first of its kind – studying both airborne aerosols and settled droplets simultaneously.