Dental practices all around the world trust the tried-and-tested disinfectant Orotol plus for suction units. However, it often gets forgotten that the suction system also requires cleaning, and many people are not aware that doing one thing does not take the place of the other – both cleaning AND disinfection are essential.
If you only disinfect your suction system but don’t clean it as well in order to save time or money then you will damage your system in the long run. This applies today more than ever. This is because completely different products are used in dental medicine today in comparison to before.
For example, did you know that many of the prophy powders based on sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3) that are used for professional teeth cleaning place a great strain on the suction unit? This is because – in most cases – the spray powder used is not water soluble, which is why special cleaners are required in order to remove these deposits from the system again.