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Dental Equipment
Utility Closet Equipment: Essential
The utility closet is the heart of your office. The
equipment located here is absolutely essential to
your office's operation, but is often noisy and bulky.
Separated from the remaining areas of the clinic
in its own special area, your utility equipment can
function in the background without interfering with
your normal daily routine.
Vacuum: Essential
Simply put, a vacuum suctions away water and
debris during the performance of procedures on
the patient. The vacuum is connected by lines that
typically run under the surface of the floor from the
utility room to the junction box in the operatory and
then along the lines in the chair to the high-volume
evacuators and saliva ejector. If the vacuum fails,
dental treatment comes to a halt in the entire office.
Vacuums come in many sizes and types. The size of
the vacuum required for your office is dependent
on the number of operatories you will have and
the number of anticipated simultaneous users of
the system. There are several considerations when
looking at vacuum systems:
Twin Head Vacuums
These provide the extra assurance of continuous
performance. The life and performance of a twin
head vacuum benefits from
a vacuum equalizer
alternating the use of
the vacuum heads.
Vacuum
Equalizer
Useful to
extend the life
of twin head
vacuums by
alternating use
of the heads
and wear.
Wet Ring Vacuums
Use large amounts
of water to operate,
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but provide excellent suctioning results and proven
reliability.
Hydromiser
Can be added to a wet-ring vacuum to reduce water
consumption by as much as 60%.
Dry Vacuums
Provide suctioning but do not need water to
operate. We highly recommend choosing a dry
vacuum.
Sound Reducing Cover
To help reduce the noise of the vacuum if it is
located in a closet near the work area.
Amalgam Separator: Required
All dental offices are required to install either a
ISO 11143:2008 certified amalgam separator or
a certified ANSI/ADA Standard No.108 amalgam
separator, both at a separation
rate of 95%. New dental
offices have 90 days to
install an amalgam
separator. Existing
dental practices
who already have
an amalgam
separator installed
have until July 14,
2024 to install an
amalgam separator
that meets all
the regulation
requirements.
Exemptions: the dental
rule applies to offices,
including large institutions
such as dental schools and clinics,
where dentistry is practiced that discharge into
publicly owned treatment works. The new EPA
dental regulation does not apply to mobile units
or offices where the practice of dentistry consists
only of the following dental specialties: oral
pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and
maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, periodontics, or
prosthodontics.
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