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Honolulu dental lab revamped into face mask factory for those fighting coronavirus

By BY CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

March 25, 2020

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Dentist Erik Muraoka of Kaizen Dental Center has turned his dental lab into a factory for face shields needed by medical professionals combating COVID-19. Muraoka holds a baseball cap and a plastic visor fitted with transparency sheets attached with 3-D printed clips. Muraoka favors the baseball cap since they are readily available although he cautioned that fabric hats must be washed after every use by medical professionals.
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Dentist Erik Muraoka holds a fresh batch of 3-D printed clips which are used to fasten transparencies to hats or visors as a face shield.
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Officer manager Ha Ngo holding donated sheets of overhead transparencies. The sheets are secured to the bill of a hat or visor with 3-D printed clips.
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Dental assistant Marv Garcia holds one of the 3-D printed clips which can fasten a transparent sheet to the bill of a hat or visor.
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A batch of 3-D printed clips, which can fasten a transparent sheet to the bill of a hat or visor, is being cured with a UV lamp.
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Dentist Erik Muraoka of Kaizen Dental Center has made 500 shields so far and has been giving them away at no cost. Muraoka is seen with one of three 3-D machines he has in his lab.

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