Benco’s Recommendations for Office Closures

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By Scott Smith

We did the homework with speaking with major manufacturers on their recommendations for dental offices that will need to shut down longer than a few days.

It’s not as easy as pulling the shades and locking the door, so here’s some help to ensure the systems will restart when you are ready to return.

  • Remove water bottle empty and replace water bottle– run system to purge all water from unit lines-   remove water bottle let air dry
  • Air compressor- power down release all air and drain tanks where applicable
  • Flush all vac line, replace sediment filters, replace all disposable traps on units
  • Replace amalgam separators due to prophy paste hardening
  • Power down dry vac and ——-
    • Midmark power and G vac- if cutting main power add  to pump drive piston to prevent lockup.
    • If leaving power on and newer style system will autorun every so often to prevent lockup
    • RamVacs remove air filter to release pressure. Can hydro lock from oil drip this is normal motor overloads may trip on startup. Kill voltage to system
    • Vac systems clean out tanks where applicable
    • Mohave vacs, leave breakers on or MMC can risk serious errors.
  • Wet vacs turn off water supply after flushing lines and kill power
  • Autoclaves- clean and drain do not replace water let air dry
  • Hydrim- remove soap/salt and solution and run shipping cycle
  • Empty all distiller and let dry
  • Water purification systems- shutdown water and purge with air till ops and all faucets run dry
  • Chairs leave in upright most position as high as they will go
  • Oil all handpieces and clean and lube all HVE and SE handles
  • Remove plaster trap and discard
  • Computer systems, complete backup on removable hard drive and take to safe location offsite.
  • Power down all computers, servers, switches, etc..
  • Drain and clean and let ultrasonics air dry
  • Empty all water collection canisters on cassette sterilizers
  • Model trimmers run water for a period of 10-mins with unit on to clean wheel as well as flush all  drain lines
  • Replace all dust collector filters in lab areas
  • Bleed all airlines in ops and lab areas
  • Thoroughly clean all mills from any debris
  • Drain all coolant water from mills
  • 3D printers remove all resin in machine and clean