Effective cleaning is an essential pre-requisite for reliable sterilisation of dental instruments. This study reports on the observation of techniques used for cleaning instruments prior to ...

Dental instruments such as endodontic reamers that are difficult to clean and should be considered as single use. Manual cleaning of dental instruments has a risk of puncture wounds, lacerations and ...

A radical vapor reactor (RVR), which eliminates germs by producing high levels of reactive oxygen species, may offer a quick, low-cost way to sterilize dental instruments, according to findings ...

Clinicians used a new surgical technique to remove a separated endodontic instrument stuck about 2 mm below the tip of a patient's tooth root in a case published in the Journal of Endodontics. They ...

File photo of dental exam. An Army dental clinic in Germany is contacting patients after problems were found with sterilization of dental instruments early in July. (Associated Press) Patients who ...

SINGAPORE - Dental instruments not completely sterilised were used in patient treatment last week at the National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS), it said in a statement on Monday (June 12). A total of ...