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Essential oil mouthwash vs Coloured and flavoured 5% hydroalcohol mouthwash

Reduction in level of contamination by particles >5 um (droplets) at <2 m from patient's oral cavity · Dental patients undergoing aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) and the dental healthcare providers treating them

1 finding from 1 review

Preprocedural mouth rinses for preventing transmission of infectious diseases through aerosols in dental healthcare… 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
operator level; aerobic culture (cross-over; graph-only, not analysed)
One study (Fine 1993a) compared essential oil mouthwash C (Listerine) with coloured and flavoured 5% hydroalcohol mouthwash in a cross-over design for reduction in contamination by particles >5 um at operator level…
1 study
GRADE not reported

Essential oil mouthwash vs Water

3 findings from 1 review

Preprocedural mouth rinses for preventing transmission of infectious diseases through aerosols in dental healthcare… 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
patient level (pharynx; not analysed)
Bay 1993 compared essential oil mouthwash C (Listerine) with distilled water and reported combined CFUs at different levels using Andersen's air sampler; level 2 (pharynx) was considered patient level and was not…
1 study
GRADE not reported
Preprocedural mouth rinses for preventing transmission of infectious diseases through aerosols in dental healthcare… 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
operator level
At operator level, because of high heterogeneity (I2 = 98%), the results were not meta-analysed (3 studies; Gupta 2014, Nayak 2020, Shetty 2013). No pooled estimate or GRADE rating.
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Preprocedural mouth rinses for preventing transmission of infectious diseases through aerosols in dental healthcare… 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
assistant level
At assistant level, because of high heterogeneity (I2 = 99%), the results were not meta-analysed (3 studies; Gupta 2014, Nayak 2020, Shetty 2013). No pooled estimate or GRADE rating.
3 studies
GRADE not reported