Table 1: Bacterial species identified from dental aerosols collected during the ultrasonic scaling procedure in each case (n=15).

 


Case number

Microorganisms isolated

 

 

Group 1

Case 1

Clostridium beijerinki

Pasteurella muktocida

Prevotella sp.

Ralstonia pickettii

Case 2

Corynebacterium glucoronolyticum

Streptococcus constellatus

Case 3

Echerichia coli

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Case 4

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Group 2

Case 5

Staphylococcus aureus

Case 6

Eggertella lenta

Case 7

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas sp.

Case 8

Morganella morgani

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Staphylococcus chromogenes

Case 9

No bacterial growth

Case10

Vibrio vulnificus

Actinomyces sp.

Case 11

Corinebacterium sp.

Enterococcus fecalis

Escherichia coli

Case 12

Escherichia coli

Staphylococcus aureus

Case 13

No bacterial growth

Case 14

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Case 15

Proteus sp.

Streptococcus sp.

Ralstonia pickettii

Staphylococcus aureus

Porphyromonas asaccharolytica

Eggerthela lenta