Maintenance and Disinfection of Dental Handpiece

Brief introduction of dental handpiece

Nowadays, dental handpiece has become a necessary tool in the dental clinical treatment. There are various kinds of dental handpieces in the market owning fully functions and different levels, which offer us spacious space to select. However, it possesses high price, so appropriate measures should be taken to protect it, which can make lengthen the mechanical property. On the other hand, the dental handpiece will form negative pressure which makes blood, spittle and fragment go into the interior part of handpiece along with air and water, and spread to bearings and balls, and it will become an important media of in cross-infection. Therefore, more and more dental medical agents pay attention to the measure of infection control. The frequent use of dental handpiece can definitely cause wearing. On the contrary, according to the survey, the main reason for handpiece damage is fragment and overheating. If the blood, splitter and fragment have not been cleaned before going to the interior of handpiece, they will become hard under the high temperature result in damaging the mechanical part. And dental handpiece’s metal material and design parts will be destroyed by the high temperature. So manufactures of dental handpiece will ask the temperature of sterilization will not over 135 degree.

Detail steps for maintaining

Washing is the preparing step to maintain it. During cleaning, pressure cleaner nozzle is asked to be directed at the air entry of mobile’s end. And clean the fragment with cleaner, and then connect it to dental chair without taking down the needle, and operate the machine to clean up the leaving fragment. dental supplies wholesale are made of steels which should be separated from wet, and the best way to separate is lubrication. In addition, dentists usually use two sets of dental handpieces, and they will take turns using the two handpieces, which will reduce the affection on the working life caused by fatigue in order to lengthen the life of dental handpiece. Last but not the least, the professionals should be sent to maintain the dental handpiece in three months.

Measures to lengthen working life

Before using: make sure the compressed air of dental chair has no water or oil, the water in the dental chair is clean, make sure the air pressure is below 40psi and make sure the temperature has recovered to room temperature. Using process: try to avoid using pin or long needle. After using: clean the dental handpiece before sterilization, and the temperature should not over 135 degree. Don’t leave the dental handpiece in the sterilizer all night.


Tosi® TX-164(C) 45 Degree E-generator LED handpiece

Main features:

1、This is a 45 degree push button handpiece with triple water spray (E-generator LED integrated).
2、Type: Tosi TX-164(C)
3、Self-illuminated, can be used without fiber optic system, adapt to universal dental units
4、Bright and natural LED system
5、45 angle head, especially designed for curing molars and wisdom teeth
6、Push button bur release uses standard friction grip burs
7、Pure water jet, not a mist, is directed into cutting area
8、No air jet into surgical field-exhaust air exits at back of handpiece, avoiding causing oral pneumohypoderma
9、Clean head system and fully autoclavable
10、CE 0197, execution according to ISO 7785-1:1999