Table 6.

Recommendation and use of N95 masks expressed as percentage of dentists.

			N95
Author	Countries	Participants (n)	Recommendation (%)	Use (%)
Ahmed et al. [59]	Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Republic of Congo, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America	650	84	N/A
Alduwayhi et al. [26]	India	459	79	10
Al-Khalifa et al. [52]	Saudia Arabia	287	72	N/A
Bakaeen et al. [62]	Eastern Mediterranean	347	63.2	34.4
Bakaeen et al. [62]	Europe	449	41.6	8.3
Bakaeen et al. [62]	North America	234	67.8	16.4
Bakaeen et al. [62]	Western Pacific	158	40.5	25.3
Bekes et al. [20]	Austria	58	N/A	89.7
Kanaparthi et al. [31]	India	358	94.8	N/A
Karayürek et al. [56]	Turkey	947	N/A	47.6
Khan et al. [48]	Pakistan	306	89.5	N/A
Martinez-Beneyto et al. [53]	Spain	6470	25.3	N/A
Nasser et al. [40]	Lebanon	358	80	N/A
Pandey et al. [44]	Nepal	384	81.7	N/A
Ravi et al. [33]	India	808	95	N/A
Casillas Santana et al. [42]	Mexico	339	N/A	70.2
Total		12,612
Mean (±Standard deviation)			70.3 ± 22.1	37.7 ± 27.6