Dental unit waterline contamination and its possible implications during periodontal surgery

Journal of Periodontology
E E PutninsA S Bhullar

Abstract

Dental unit waterline contamination has become a concern to clinical dentistry. This concern arises from the fact that bacteria sloughed from established biofilms in dental unit waterlines increase heterotrophic bacteria counts in water exiting these units. Scanning microscopy and bacterial viability staining were used to examine the sessile and planktonic biofilm present in dental unit waterlines and water samples, respectively. In addition, the limulus amebocyte assay was used to measure the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels in water samples. All dental unit waterlines were coated with a well-established biofilm made up of filamentous and bacillus-like microorganisms. Water samples collected from these dental units contained high numbers of individual bacteria and bacterial aggregates. A viability staining technique identified significantly more bacteria in water than could be cultured, and 64% of the total bacterial population stained as nonvital. Since the bacterial load (viable and nonviable) was high, we examined the LPS in dental unit water samples. The mean LPS levels in water collected from high-speed and air/water lines in use were 480 and 1,008 endotoxin units (EU)/ml. This was significantly higher than the mean level ...Continue Reading

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