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From: nkomli on 5 Aug 2008 20:13
Hi, a general question

Are dentists allowed to simply clean their drills by wiping with a
disinfectant or are they required to sterilize it in some apparatus
like a chemiclave?
From: Steven Bornfeld on 5 Aug 2008 22:58
nkomli(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, a general question
>
> Are dentists allowed to simply clean their drills by wiping with a
> disinfectant or are they required to sterilize it in some apparatus
> like a chemiclave?



You can't just "wipe" it in disinfectant. Some disinfectants will
sterilize, but the burs must be immersed long enough. I autoclave the
burs.
Anyone out there use glutaraldehyde? Does it corrode burs?

Steve
From: Brian on 6 Aug 2008 18:58
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:58:04 -0400, Steven Bornfeld
<dentaltwinmung(a)earthlink.net> wrote:


> You can't just "wipe" it in disinfectant. Some disinfectants will
>sterilize, but the burs must be immersed long enough. I autoclave the
>burs.
> Anyone out there use glutaraldehyde? Does it corrode burs?
>
>Steve

I'm not exactly sure why, but I'm a little suspicious about the
question.
From: Mark & Steven Bornfeld on 6 Aug 2008 19:49
Brian wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:58:04 -0400, Steven Bornfeld
> <dentaltwinmung(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>> You can't just "wipe" it in disinfectant. Some disinfectants will
>> sterilize, but the burs must be immersed long enough. I autoclave the
>> burs.
>> Anyone out there use glutaraldehyde? Does it corrode burs?
>>
>> Steve
>
> I'm not exactly sure why, but I'm a little suspicious about the
> question.


Maybe. I once had a Chemiclave--the alcohol we used in it was awful stuff.

Steve

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From: Amatus Cremona on 9 Aug 2008 17:03
But you simply wipe the tubing. So the overall effect is not total
sterilization. Plus, the steam will not penetrate the oil used to lubricate
the handpiece. Sterilizing handpieces is viewed as very high level
disinfection





"Steven Bornfeld" <dentaltwinmung(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> nkomli(a)gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi, a general question
>>
>> Are dentists allowed to simply clean their drills by wiping with a
>> disinfectant or are they required to sterilize it in some apparatus
>> like a chemiclave?
>
>
>
> You can't just "wipe" it in disinfectant. Some disinfectants will
> sterilize, but the burs must be immersed long enough. I autoclave the
> burs.
> Anyone out there use glutaraldehyde? Does it corrode burs?
>
> Steve


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