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This study explores how effectively CHX reduces the bacterial spectrum in the patient\u2019s oral cavity and subsequently how this influences the contamination of masks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two intraoral samples were collected prior to any aerosol-generating treatment: the first before a 60-s CHX rinse and the second 10\u00a0min after. After dental treatment, the practitioner\u2019s mask was imprinted onto agar plates. After cultivation, a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-ToF) was used to identify the colony forming units. The identified species of the intraoral samples and mask imprints were then analysed based upon matches in bacterial species and quantity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 108 unique patients were included, each receiving one aerosol-producing treatment. The total number of detected bacterial species in the oral cavity before the CHX rinse was 628, after 490.\n                      <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      was found twice as often before the CHX rinse. The average amount of colony forming units on the mask\u2019s imprints after the CHX rinse was 15.2. The bacterial species occurred in very similar proportions, with Staphylococcus species making up more than 50%. No species match between the oral samples and mask samples after the CHX rinse occurred most frequently (68.5%), followed by one match (25.9), two matches (3.7%) and three matches (1.9%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A preprocedural CHX rinse reduces bacterial contamination on masks but has little effect on the spectrum of transmitted microorganisms. Our results suggest that the bacterial spectrum on the mask was not significantly influenced by the preprocedural change in the oral microbiota. 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