Testimonials
Hunter MacFarlane
My daughter has been attending Dr Borovay's Office for many years and while the procedure she underwent required constant monitoring, it never failed to impress me how much she enjoyed her visits, never offering any resistance to attending. I think that speaks volumes about Dr Borovay and his staff, always professional always friendly... Hunter has always enjoyed her Christmas card from the staff... a nice touch. [...]
Ed Brake
Dr. Borovay and his staff provide great service, excellent as a matter of fact. I appreciate his calming presence and the tremendous job he's done for me. [...]
Sterilization
Sterilizing instruments and other reusable items is a best practice for dental clinics. The goal is to prevent the transmission of micro-organisms by destroying them on items that are reused.
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How does Dr Borovay's Office Sterilize Instruments?During the day, instruments that have been used are cleaned and put in either bags or instrument cassettes. The instrument cassettes are also individually wrapped in hospital grade blue sterilization paper before both are placed in the autoclave for sterilization. Afterwards, the sterilized items remain either wrapped in the bags or in the wrapped cassettes until they are brought to the chair and opened for use for each patient at their visit. These precautions ensure that the sterilized items have not been handled, breathed upon or exposed to any outside contaminants after being sterilized. You'd see similar care taken by surgeries in hospitals. |
How does an autoclave work?
The idea of using heat to clean has a very long history. In 1450 B.C.E, a sanitary code using boiling water was included in the books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Hippocrates, in 400-377 B.C.E., describes pouring boiling water on surgical instruments to clean them.
The design of the modern autoclave was finalized in the 1880's by French microbiologist Charles Chamberlain, a colleague of the famous researcher Louis Pasteur. Chamberlain's device uses high pressure to superheat water to higher than its boiling point (it's actually steam by then). In this superheated, moist environment, 15 minutes is all it takes to effectively destroy all life forms. An interesting autoclave factAutoclave is a French word that has Greek ('auto') and Latin ('clvis' for key, as in lock and key) origins. It describes a device that automatically locks shut when pressure rises. This design prevents pressurized steam from spraying out if you try to open it too early! |
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