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. 2020 Dec 31;105:103576. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2020.103576

Table 1.

Aerosol particle concentrations (#/m3, Mean ± SD) before and after 5 min of incense burn and after 30 min of observation with room ventilation off.

0.3 μm 0.5 μm 1.0 μm Total
Baseline 9.6 × 105 ± 4.8 × 105 7.9 × 104 ± 3.7 × 104 1.8 × 104 ± 1.7 × 104 1.1 × 106 ± 5.0 × 105
After incense burn 7.0 × 107 ± 8.0 × 106 3.1 × 107 ± 2.0 × 107 1.6 × 106 ± 1.4 × 106 1.0 × 108 ± 1.6 × 107
Aerosol accumulated (Qe) 6.9 × 107 ± 8.4 × 106 3.1 × 107 ± 2.0 × 107 1.6 × 106 ± 1.3 × 106 1.0 × 108 ± 1.6 × 107
After 30 min 6.4 × 107 ± 1.5 × 107 1.4 × 107 ± 1.1 × 107 6.1 × 105 ± 5.2 × 105 7.8 × 107 ± 2.6 × 107
% Aerosol removed 6.5 ± 30 59.5 ± 11.2 61 ± 13 25.7 ± 15.2