Aesthetic dentists gather in Paris at the sixth annual European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry (ESCD) meeting October 15, 2009. Professor Edward Lynch spoke to conference on the use of ozone and ozonated water.
Prof. Lynch told the audience that the powerful disinfectant properties of ozone are useful for a range of dental procedures and ozonated water can be used in hand washing, root canal disinfection, full mouth disinfection, in ultrasonic scalers, for dental water line disinfection, during the placement of implants, for cavity disinfection and the disinfection of deep lesions to reduce the need for root canal therapy. As the only method of reliably destroying prions on dental instruments, the use of ozone may have far-reaching health benefits.
Ozone is produced using ozone generators and mixed with water. It is a widely used disinfectant for water treatment capable of inactivating a wide variety of pathogens. Its applications include public drinking water, bottled water, food processing equipment and wastewater disinfection.
Prof. Lynch described delivery systems and treatment modes, encouraging all practitioners to explore this area of dental therapeutics and inviting colleagues to contact him on e.lynch@qub.ac.uk for further information about ozone systems and for copies of scientific papers.
Spartan is a supplier of ozone water treatment systems and posts information on this blog regarding new applications for ozone. Professor Lynch’s work falls into this category.