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Buying, Cleaning and Managing Your Dental Chairs
A dental chair is a must have for any dental clinic. You can’t practice dentistry if you don’t have a dental chair. Otherwise, where would you put the patient? Either way, as a dentist, your responsibility does not end at simply buying one. You’ve got to know how to take care of it, too. You have the responsibility to provide optimum care to your patient, and that means making sure that the equipment that you’re going to use is going to work properly. You can’t afford any mistakes when you’re handling a patient. Just imagine if something goes wrong, and electric sparks shoot up your patient’s mouth. That would be hell, wouldn’t it?
Check the Equipment
The first thing that you ought to do is to perform an operational check every time you open your clinic. You should make sure that you’ve personally checked it before you operate on your first patient for the day. Most dental chairs have the basic utilities for a dental operation. They usually come equipped with their own water systems, bracket tray, tubing flush system, syringes, and suction. Always check if each part is working properly. You may want to check the hand-held control if the buttons work properly and if they correspond to the proper command. There might be an error in the system which could cause accidents. For example, the ‘lift’ button might cause the chair to move to the left. Also, it’s highly important to check if the water from the hose is running freely. Check everything from the syringes to the light to the saliva ejector.
Clean the Equipment
Also, as a dentist, it’s your responsibility to make sure that the patient is protected from any microorganisms. Most dental chairs have water systems that are connected to the clinic’s main water system. Meaning that the water they use on patients comes from the faucet. Now, as you may know, tap water isn’t exactly sterile. And if you’re going to wash your patient’s mouth with tap water, then that means that the tap water will be coming into contact with open wounds like that from an extracted tooth. Also, you have to clean the chair itself once in a while. Some dentists completely neglect this. But really, if you’re a patient, you wouldn’t want to sit in a dirty chair. So, what you could do is to clean the chair with a soft cloth dipped into soapy water. Afterwards, dry it with a soft cloth so as to avoid damaging the upholstery.
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