Dental handpiece maintenance tips-Regular cleaning on cooling nozzle and light surface
In this article, we will talk about how to do the regular cleaning on cooling nozzle, light guide head and lamp surface for a dental handpiece.
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- 5 Benefits of proper care of dental handpiece.
- Regularly clean the cooling nozzle
- Water spray holes will be blocked.
- Increased risk of infection for patients and dentists
- What we can do?
- Regularly clean the light guide head and lamp surface
- Remove surface stains
- Do the disinfection
- We Rundental can help you reduce After-sales problem!
Proper dental handpiece uses and maintenance is much less costly than buying new dental handpieces and dental handpiece cartridge.
5 Benefits of proper care of dental handpiece.
- Protect the safety of patient and dentist.
- Increase dentist’s efficiency.
- Reduce the frequency of dental handpiece maintenance.
- Extend service lifespan of dental drill.
- Reduce expense costs of dental handpiece repair.
For daily maintenance of high-speed dental handpiece and low-speed handpiece, we recommend that you regularly clean the cooling nozzles, surface of the light guide head and lamp surface.
Regularly clean the cooling nozzle
If the cooling nozzle of the dental air turbine is not cleaned with care during daily use, what will happen？
Water spray holes will be blocked.
Water spray hole blocked will greatly affect the cooling effect of a high speed dental handpiece.When use the dental handpiece, due to the very high speed of the dental handpiece, the temperature rise a lot, it can easily burn patients. This leads to medical accidents.
Increased risk of infection for patients and dentists
Various types of dirt, blood stains and germs can easily accumulate around the cooling nozzle, posing a significant safety hazard and infection risk to dentists and patients.
What we can do?
We should use a special cleaning needle to clean the water spray nozzles after each use of a high speed dental handpiece.What is more, it can prevent the clogging of calcification caused by the use of tap water.
Regularly clean the light guide head and lamp surface
When cleaning the guide light head and lamp surface of the dental handpiece, what should we do?
Remove surface stains
Use a dry blowing ball to blow off the particles and dirt on the surface to prevent scratching the surface of the light guide head.
Do the disinfection
- Find a cotton swab or soft cloth
- Dipped the cotton swab or soft cloth in alcohol
- Wipe the surface of the lamp and light guide
- Do the disinfection for air turbine
We Rundental can help you reduce After-sales problem!
The dental handpiece should be professionally maintained after using three months. This maintenance work is best done by professionals who follow the steps strictly.
If you do not know how to maintain your dental handpieces and air rotor, you can click and refer to our previous articles about maintain dental handpieces.
You can also buy high-quality dental handpieces and handpiece accessories from Rundental to avoid after-sales problems. For more real customer feedback of Rundental handpiece, you can also refer to our customer reviews in previous article.
