A dental engine is a large chair-side appliance (often including the

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itself) for use in a dentist's office. At minimum, a dental engine serves as a source of mechanical or

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for one or more handpieces. 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. Due to their design and usage, dental engines are a potential source of infection from several kinds of bacteria, including

Legionella pneumophila ''Legionella pneumophila'' is a thin, aerobic, pleomorphic, flagellated, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative bacterium of the genus ''Legionella''. ''L. pneumophila'' is the primary human pathogenic bacterium in this group and is the causative age ...

. Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Gallery

File:Dental Chair.jpg, Close view of dental chair with various visible parts File:Pelton & Crane chair.jpg, Modern Pelton & Crane chair in dental office File:Hospital Dental Engine.jpg, Hospital dental treatment area File:Machine de soin dentaire à la clinique du bon secours Maroua.jpg, Dental engine in North Cameroon.

References

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