Dental engine

A dental engine is a large chair-side appliance (often including the chair itself) for use in a dentist's office. At minimum, a dental engine serves as a source of mechanical or pneumatic power for one or more handpieces.

Dental chair integrated with a dental engine

Typically, it will also include a small faucet and a spit-sink, which the patient can use for rinsing, as well as one or more suction hoses, and a compressed air/irrigation water nozzle for blowing or washing debris clear of the work area in the patient's mouth.

The equipment possibly includes an ultrasonic cleaning appliance, as well as a small table to hold the instrument tray, a worklight, and possibly a computer monitor or display.[1]

Due to their design and usage, dental engines are a potential source of infection from several kinds of bacteria, including Legionella pneumophila .[2]

References

  1. "Cross Creek Dental". Sunday, 16 May 2021
  2. "Dental Unit Waterline Contamination". Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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