WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
IN THE MEDICAL DENTAL FIELD
ECOPLUS DISINFECTS THE WATER.
The formation of biofilm inside the hydraulic circuits of the dental units finds its origin in the double possibility of contamination:
- UPSTREAM, from the water mains;
- DOWNSTREAM, from the wastewater coming from the patient’s mouth.
Among the many infectious and pathogens agents, both viral and bacterial found in the water mains of dental clinics, some are particularly dangerous:
- Legionella;
- Pneumophila;
- Pseudomonas;
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis;
- AIDS;
- Hepatitis C virus.
The water, so contaminated and containing bacterial loads thousand times higher than limits fixed for drinking water, makes vain even the most correct sterilization practices of turbines, handpieces, scalers and instrumentation in general because, after the autoclave cycle, they are connected to a contaminated hydraulic circuit.
This fact is verifiable through a simple bacteriological water analysis.
We must also consider that, using the tools of the dental units, viruses and bacteria which are in the water circuits are atomized in the environment in the form of aerosols and come in direct contact with the patient’s wounds subjected to treatment.
The risk of cross infection between dentist, patient and assistants is therefore very high and it consequently needs to be contrasted through appropriate tried and tested systems.
The recent current interest in pathologies deriving from Legionella Pneumophila has to make us aware to other much more worrisome pathologies and consequently address our attention towards the adoption of systems which can avoid the formation of biofilm and effectively contrast the bacteria proliferation.
OUR SOLUTION
We have manufactured and patented
a centralized device which filters water through a reverse osmosis process, eliminating the risk of contamination from the incoming water mains and disinfects it with stabilized Chlorine Dioxide (BIOXTERIL), eliminating the risk of its contamination for the reflux of bacteria and viruses coming from the patient’s mouth simultaneously limiting the danger of viruses and bacteria in the aerosol generated by the rotating instruments.
Reverse osmosis is the most secure and widespread method in the World. It allows to produce uncontaminated water without limestone and other undesired substances.
Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) is instead universally recognized as the best disinfectant that Science has put at man’s disposal. Oxidizing gas, soluble in water, it is already used in many countries to produce drinking water and has a highly bactericidal and virucidal power, capable of dissolving the biofilm in the piping from already operating dental units or preventing its formation in newly installed ones, since it attacks the cell wall of microorganisms and kills them even when they are inactive.
