If your CFU levels are more than the CDC recommendation, there are a wide variety of products available for dental waterline maintenance.
When waterlines are found to be contaminated, you’ll need 2 different types of cleaners: shock and maintenance. First, a shock cleaner is used to remove accumulated materials. Then a maintenance cleaner is used to keep CFU levels below the recommended CDC standard. When searching for a dental waterline cleaner you’ll need to consider things such as effectiveness, ease-of-use, and cost.
DentaPure Water Purification
DentaPure DP365B purifies self-contained waterlines continuously - without time-consuming decontamination protocols. Its patented iodinated resin technology was developed and flight certified for water purification by NASA.
The DentaPure filter simply replaces the water pickup tube in any self-contained water system. Its safe and constant introduction of non-allergenic, low-level iodine into the dental unit waterline kills bacteria, destroys bio film and prevents regrowth.
Citrisil Dental Waterline Cleaner
Citrisil Blue tablets continuously disinfect and maintain dental water lines. Using distilled or purified tap water, the tablet effervesces and provides a safe, pH balanced treatment.
Citrisil tablets continuously disinfect and maintain dental water lines. Simply start with one Citrisil Shock tablet and follow with one Citrisil tablet per refill of each self-contained water bottle
Mint-A-Kleen Waterline Cleaner
Sterilex ultra solution
Mint-A-Kleen is the leading liquid cleaner for dental unit waterlines. Registered by the EPA, its innovative formula and protocol offer an efficient and effective way to remove microbial contamination from waterlines and bottles.
Mint-A-Kleen helps dental practices protect waterlines with a convenient three-step, once-per-week process. It does not require the use of multiple products such as powders, tablets, cartridges or filters.
Use as a shock treatment before installing Dentapure or use weekly as your dental unit waterline disinfecting product. Sterilex prevents and removes biofilm from waterlines and reservoir bottles.
A set will provide initial shock treatment for one operatory or provide disinfection and maintenance of one operatory for three weeks.
Sterisil Valved Cartridge
The Sterisil Valved Cartridge is designed to be installed in a cabinet to purify and disinfect municipal water connected directly to a dental unit.
The Cartridge removes source water contaminates, prevents hard water deposits within your dental unit, and provides continuous disinfection for up to 1 year depending on municipal water quality and volume of water used. It's the only Cartridge with a built in shock treatment.
Sterisil Inline Cartridge
The Sterisil Inline Cartridge is designed to be installed inside the junction box to purify and disinfect municipal water connected directly to a dental unit.
The Cartridge removes source water contaminates, prevents hard water deposits within your dental unit, and provides continuous disinfection for up to 1 year depending on municipal water quality and volume of water used. It's the only Cartridge with a built in shock treatment.
Sterisil Straw V2
The new Sterisil Straw V2 eliminates the hassle of dropping daily tablets and provides worry-free waterline disinfection for 365 days. As an added bonus, the Straw has a built-in shock treatment.
The Sterisil Straw has a quantified EPA claim of ≤10 CFU/ml HPC purity and now has a Luer Lock fitting, reducing installation and replacement time down to a minute.
City Water Delivery Bottle System with Air Purge
The City Water Delivery Bottle System is exclusively designed for dental offices that use city water and want to treat and maintain clean dental unit waterlines.
Using an ingeniously simple method of dual toggle switches, the City Water Delivery Bottle System with Air Purge allows for regular waterline cleaning in any operatory that delivers city water directly into the dental unit without a bottle system.