How safe are your dental unit water lines?
Laura Yates, Senior Technical Manager at Getinge’s Centre of Excellence for Chemistry, discusses the potential risk of infection caused by microbial contamination and biofilm formation in dental unit water lines (DUWLs). The main purpose of DUWLs is to supply water for instruments connected to the dental chair unit, including ultrasonic scalers, ‘three-in-one’ air/water syringes, high-speed…
