How are Dental Instruments sterilized or disinfected?
Variety of methods are used to sterilize and disinfect. Dental instruments are cleaned and then sterilized between patients by methods that kill the AIDS virus and other microscopic organisms using autoclaves that uses steam under pressure. Dry heat in an oven-like environment is used to cleanse things like impression trays and other non-sharps Instruments, Chemical vapour sterilization is used for plastics and other instruments which might get spoilt at high temperature in an autoclave or dry oven. Disinfecting of exposed parts of the furniture and dental chairs, the counter tops, drawer handles etc., is carried out by chemicals.
