Dental unit water system treatment
AssigneeGarrison Dental Solutions
InventorsEdgar L. Garrison, John E. Garrison, Kevin S. Walburg
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Abstract
A treatment for a dental water unit system comprises a shock treatment including silver colloid and hydrogen peroxide that stays in the system for an extended period, followed by a flushing of the system and the addition of a maintenance solution comprising at least silver colloid in an amount safe for human consumption.
Claims11
A treatment for dental unit water systems comprising:
- an undiluted shock solution with silver colloid present at a concentration of 5-25 ppm and hydrogen peroxide present at a concentration of 0.3% -30% by weight;
- and
- a maintenance solution with solver colloid present at a concentration of 5-25 ppm and hydrogen peroxide present at a concentration of 0% -30% by weight,
- wherein the maintenance solution is diluted with distilled water at a ratio of one part maintenance solution to 32 parts water.
A method of treating dental water unit systems of the type comprising a reservoir, at least one dental water unit line, and at least one dental instrument, all in fluid communication and where water will flow from the reservoir through the at least one dental water unit line and exit from the at least one dental instrument, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing an undiluted shock treatment into a reservoir of a dental water unit system;
- directing the undiluted shock treatment through the dental water unit system until the dental water unit system is full of shock treatment;
- flushing the dental water unit system with more undiluted shock treatment;
- and
- replacing the shock treatment with a diluted maintenance treatment.
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