Vital Ventilation Protects Patients and Reduces ‘Fallow Time’ for Dentists’ Surgeries

According to the British Dental Association over 14.5 million fewer dental treatments were carried out between the March 2020 lockdown and September 2020 in England compared to the same period in 2019.1 Due to the pandemic dentists are not able to see as many patients as they used to since due to COVID restrictions there needs to be a gap between patient treatments to minimise the risk of virus transmission. This is called ‘fallow time’ and has been said to be the biggest barrier to increasing dental appointment capacity. However, there is a solution with effective ventilation vital to reduce the fallow time between appointments, reduce the infection rates and keep patients safe by increasing fresh air circulation in dentist surgeries.