What can do to protect patients and dental workers during COVID-19
Preventive measures available in clinics during COVID-19 epidemic
As the temperature drops, autumn and winter are the high-incidence seasons of COVID-19, influenza, respiratory infectious diseases. COVID-19 has recently broken out again in many countries, it is not over but still dangerous. As dental workers, more attention should be paid to the control of clinical oral infection. The main transmission routes of COVID-19 are direct transmission, aerosol transmission and contact transmission.
Why dental treatment is risky?
High-speed dental handpiece is a powerful tool for dentists, which is also a risk for the dental treatment. With different burs, high-speed dental handpieces play different roles. The high-speed dental handpiece produces high temperature every second in the dental treatment, this process needs water spray cooling. There is a liquid film in the mouth of human, when the high-speed dental handpiece operates, the liquid is like a sneeze when the small liquid droplets, instant vaporization into invisible particles. Such as small particles of liquid or solid that are dispersed and suspended in the air.This is called aerosols.
If there is a patient, who is in the incubation period but without knowing the situation,to have a dental operation, the containing virus aerosol can be immediately spread into the air, extremely easy to lead to the spread of the epidemic.
Preventive measures available in dental clinics
The haze of the COVID-19 epidemic has not yet completely dissipated, what protective measures can be taken to ensure safety in the dental treatment for the dental workers?
1. Keep the clinic clean
In order to reduce the content of indoor microorganism and Aerosol, we can keep the windows of the clinic ventilated, and introduce outdoor fresh air directly to the room, which can quickly and effectively dilute the aerosol in the air of the clinic, bring air quality up to safety standards. Or you can use air purifier which can kill viruses to clean the air, reduce the concentration of particles.Dental workers need to do the ventilation and air dynamic disinfection especially for the surface and ground of the objects in the dental treatment area,and after treatment,it needs to be thoroughly disinfected.
2. The patient gargles thoroughly before surgery
Before the dental treatment, dental workers should let patients gargle thoroughly first, and clean the patients’ mouth wall, which can reduce the oral cavity liquid spray caused by the increase in indoor bacterial content.
3.Do a good job of personal protection
Dental workers should use surgical masks, hair caps, goggles, protective masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment in a regular way.
4. Wash your hands scientifically and hygienically
Wash your hands with running water and hand sanitizer, or use a quick hands-free hand sanitizer.
5. Use a high–speed dental handpiece with anti-retraction system
With the COVID 19 Pandemic, the built-in anti-retraction system is more important than ever.
Anti-retraction function on a high-speed dental handpiece, which can significantly reduces the backflow of oral bacteria and viruses into the non-sterilizable dental unit hoses.Our company Run dental can offer this dental handpiece(MAX Push Button Dental High Speed Handpiece), it can effectively reduce the possibility of cross-infection.What’s more,dental workers need to do cleaning and disinfection work 1 to 2 times a day for the pipes inside dental chair.
6.Use extraoral strong suction device
A dental strong suction system is recommended to effectively reduce splash contamination in the operation of oral power devices. Studies have shown that the use of dental strong suction devices during oral treatment can significantly reduce bacterial production in the air by 80% ; rubber barriers can minimize saliva/blood contamination by aerosols, it can reduce particles by up to 70% within a 90cm operating range. Dental strong suction system can powerfully suck the water vapor sprayed in the air during the operation of oral power equipment. When the water vapor is sucked in, it is first separated by the cyclone of the system. The H13 high efficiency filter is the first to pass the gas. It can intercept virus, particulate and moisture which diameter over 0.3 μm. The filtering efficiency reaches 99.99% . Our company Run Dental has this dental strong suction machine for sale, welcome to inquiry.
