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Top Benefits Of Sterilization And Disinfection Of Dental Instruments

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Top Benefits Of Sterilization And Disinfection Of Dental Instruments

Sterilization and disinfection of dental equipment and instruments have a lot of benefits. Read this article to learn more.

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A dental clinic has a lot of dental equipment meant for different uses. Dentists work hard to ensure they are working in a sterile environment. Disinfection and sterilization are very important for your health and the health of your dental staff. Read on to learn some of the benefits of infection control.

Advantages of sterilization and disinfection

A lot of people are surprised by all the work that goes behind the scenes at dental offices. When patients go to the treatment room, the dental instruments have been disinfected and the office space is sanitized and clean. This provides dental teams and patients with benefits. These benefits are very important when administering or giving oral care. Here are some of the top benefits of sterilization and disinfection of dental instruments.

Prevents the spread of diseases such as Covid 19 & blood-borne diseases

Dentists use dental instruments to probe patient’s mouths. The patient’s mouth might contain viruses and bacteria that can transfer to the dental instruments. Common viruses and bacteria include hepatitis, herpes, covid 19, staph and other diseases. Disinfection and sterilization of the dental instruments kill bacteria and germs so that no one else gets exposed to them. This prevents service providers from spreading bacterial and viral infections as they treat patients.

With proper infection control measures put in place, the transmission of diseases is rare. It is therefore important for dentists to follow protocol to protect patients from catching diseases from instruments. Dental equipment suppliers should also do the same. Some of the maintenance and sanitization procedures include properly cleaning dental instruments before and after use. After cleaning the dental instruments, dentists need to sterilize them. The dental instruments are moved to storage until when they are needed.

Protects staff members from bacteria and viruses

Dental staff members who work with dental instruments that aren’t disinfected and sterilized are at great risk. Touching these instruments could expose them to bacteria and germs. Also, bacteria and viruses could get into the air and expose the staff further. Dental clinics need to know the importance of protecting their staff members from illnesses. Keeping the staff members healthy is another reason to disinfect and sterilize your dental instruments. A healthy staff is an efficient staff so this is very important.

Part of keeping your staff healthy is by providing them with personal protective equipment when cleaning the dental instruments. This is part of the control protocol. It is important to ensure that anyone who cleans the dental instruments wears PPE. This way, the germs cannot transmit to staff members.

 Prevents surface contact transmission

Diseases such as covid 19 have been proven to stay on surfaces for days. If you touch exposed surfaces, you put yourself at risk of contracting diseases. It is therefore important for dentists to sterilize dental equipment and the office space to prevent bacteria and germs from gathering on surfaces. Dentists should ensure that their dental chair, table and other things that patients touch are wiped down. When patients enter the examination or treatment room, it should be clean and ready.

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