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Students and staff participated in a wellbeing challenge in April, the Race To 2021.
During the month of April, students and staff from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences walked, ran, and cycled a grand total of 12,000 KM – the distance from London to Chile!
This impressive feat was the result of a student-led wellbeing challenge led by second year dentistry student Sushila Marwaha, and her Race to 2021 team. For the month of April 2021, students and Professional Services staff competed in an intra-cohort wellbeing initiative, racing to reach 2021 KM by walking, running, and cycling. The initiative also featured a series of online workout challenges hosted by students and professional trainers.
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Dental procedures can pose a high risk of viral transmission because the tools that are used often produce aerosols, which can contain high numbers SARS-CoV-2 virions, copies of the virus causing COVID-19.
The aerosols are generated when saliva mixes with water and air streams used in dental procedures. As a result, access to routine dentistry continues to be limited during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Dental practices, which are now back in operation, have had to introduce new room decontamination processes and personal protective equipment measures which have dramatically reduced the number of patients that can be treated in a single day. In particular, dentists need to leave long intervals between treatments, leaving rooms unoccupied to allow aerosols to dissipate. This is limiting patient access and challenging financial feasibility for many dental practices worldwide.
Slower drill rotation during dental procedures can reduce COVID-19 spread
Dental procedures can pose a high risk of viral transmission because the tools that are used often produce aerosols, which can contain high numbers SARS-CoV-2 virions, copies of the virus causing COVID-19.
The aerosols are generated when saliva mixes with water and air streams used in dental procedures. As a result, access to routine dentistry continues to be limited during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Dental practices, which are now back in operation, have had to introduce new room decontamination processes and personal protective equipment measures which have dramatically reduced the number of patients that can be treated in a single day.
Coronavirus spread during dental procedures could be reduced with slower drills miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.