Hygienic maintenance of dental handpieces and turbines.

Abstract

The controversy over the effective sterilization and disinfection of dental handpieces has engaged the minds of dentists and researchers for years but has been made even more important with the advent of the HI virus and AIDS. In this article, initiated as a project by the FDI Commission, Prof. Dr. Klaus Bofsmann examines some of the problems and solutions of sterilization of dental equipment.