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Biofilm existence in dental water lines is well documented and the original bacterial contamination is thought to be from free floating microbes present in the source water. With their long, narrow bore, dental water lines appear to be an excellent environment for biofilm formation.. Biofilm confers increased resistance to biocides and results in elevated bacterial activity. Biofilm formation results in a tenacious layer that is highly adherent to the walls of the tubing and often contains many different types of pathogenic bacteria. In fact several pathogens such as Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium and Legionella have been isolated from dental unit water lines (DUWL). Some of these bacteria can be responsible for severe diseases, [url=http://www.1855sacramento.com/moncler.php]moncler sito ufficiale[/url] and immuno-suppressed clients in particular are at high risk. There is also a direct link between contaminated dental water lines and occupational asthma in dentist's.
Whilst dental practices have cleaning and disinfection practices in place it is not difficult to find dental water lines with notable contamination despite this.
Current research has shown that these disinfection and cleaning regimes are often inefficient due to the inability of many biocides to remove this biofilm. This may be due to bacterial resistance to many of the organic biocides and in fact the most effective biocide tested in the research was 5% sodium hypochlorite. Sodium hypochlorite is [url=http://www.mxitcms.com/tiffany/]tiffany[/url] an extremely strong biocide and due [url=http://www.achbanker.com/homes.php]www.achbanker.com/homes.php[/url] to the oxidising action of the biocide it is not possible for organisms to gain resistance. The oxidising nature of the biocide will also react with and breakdown the polysaccharide, lipid and protein components of the biofilm, thus removing it.
Research has stated that biocide resistance may be conferred through plasmid transfer, small mobile pieces of DNA capable of transferal from bacteria to bacteria. Plasmid transfer combined with a high rate of common mutation under adverse conditions means that dental water lines will always be vulnerable to biofilm formation.
To ensure [url=http://www.mansmanifesto.fr/category/doudoune-moncler/‎]doudoune moncler[/url] that dental water lines suffer inappreciable [url=http://www.mxitcms.com/abercrombie/]abercrombie[/url] biofilm formation it is necessary to implement a number of practices. Firstly, if currently using only a single biocide, a multiple biocide therapy should be used in order to prohibit the build-up of resistance and it has been clearly illustrated that twin biocide therapy can reduce biofilm presence by 98% compared to a single biocide reduction of between 16% and 92%, dependent on biocide used.
Secondly, it is vital that regular microbiological sampling is performed to ensure that dental water lines remain free from contamination and biofilm. [url=http://www.rtnagel.com/louboutin.php]louboutin pas cher[/url] Simple TVC testing at 22 C and 37 C will provide accurate numbers of microbes and will [url=http://www.achbanker.com/homes.php]hollister[/url] provide details on the amount, if any, of contamination. Whilst dipslides have been suggested as a suitable test method the resolution of these is >1000 microorganisms and as such they cannot assess lower levels of bacteria numbers. Dipslides are also highly subjective and [url=http://www.vivid-host.com/barbour.htm]barbour uk outlet[/url] give [url=http://www.1855sacramento.com/woolrich.php]woolrich outlet[/url] no accurate counts thus providing little in the way of meaningful results. With TVC sampling costing only around 18 pounds per [url=http://www.thehygienerevolution.com/barbour.php]barbour paris[/url] test it is better to test less [url=http://www.1855sacramento.com/peuterey.php]peuterey outlet[/url] often but with higher accuracy and resolution.
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