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Ten Tips About Dental Handpieces: Cleaning, Disinfection

Ten Tips About Dental Handpieces: Cleaning, Disinfection

2022-03-14 11:18:01

Dental handpiece is one of the most useful devices for dentists. Without it, it will be difficult for dentists perform the common procedures of dental operations. However, do you know how to maintain this tool? How to clean and disinfect it? Although this tool has some different types, the maintenance method is almost the same.

 

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This paper introduces ten tips on the maintenance of dental handpiece.

 

  • The earlier the dental handpiece is pretreated, the better. After each treatment, wash the contaminated handpiece with a car needle for 20-30 seconds, remove the car needle, and wipe the phone with wet cotton ball or 75% alcohol to remove the contaminants on the surface. After treatment, do not remove the handpiece first, remove visible dirt on the surface of the handpiece, flush the tube cavity for 20-30 seconds, or adjust the working pressure of the handpiece according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • Wet storage for dental handpieces are not advocated after use, nor should they be soaked in chlorine disinfectant or enzyme solution.
  • Ultrasonic cleaning is not suitable for dental handpieces, although the cleaning effect is good, the function of the device will be damaged. Mechanical thermal cleaning is recommended by the national health supervision department.
  • Dental handpiece air intake should be paid attention to. For the four-hole handpiece, the second hole of is the air inlet, the first hole is the air return. For two and three handpiece, the first hole is the air inlet, and the second hole is the air return.
  • After cleaning the dental handpiece with pressure water gun, the air passage in the cavity should be dried with pressure air gun as soon as possible to avoid bearing damage.
  • The pressure of water gun and air gun should be in 2~5bar, it should not exceed the standard pressure of dental handpiece operating instructions.
  • The lubricants used for dental handpiece maintenance are oily rather than water-soluble.
  • In the process of cleaning the interior with filling cleaning lubricant, if there is contamination from the nose, you should keep filling the lubricant until there is no contamination.
  • The choice of dental handpiece sterilizer: dental handpiece belongs to class A cavity load instrument. Class B cycle should be selected for small sterilizers.
  • Classification of dental handpiece: according to the risk degree, dental handpiece used for dental implantation and extraction are highly dangerous. They should be in sterile preservation. Other dental handpieces are moderately dangerous and need to be sterilized or sterilized at a high level, cleaned and preserved.

 

In Conclusion

 

The standard disposal of dental handpiece is related to the health of doctors and patients. Only pay attention to each step of washing, elimination and elimination, can we eliminate the hidden danger of cross infection. If you want to know more information about dental handpiece, visit our page.

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