Things To Do When Shutting Down Your Dental Office
Jacob Sigmon
Shutting Down Your Office Tips
Water Bottles - Run system to purge all water from unit lines. Remove water bottle and let air dry.
Air Compressor – Power down release all air and drain tanks where applicable.
Flush all vac line, replace sediment filters, replace all disposable traps on units.
Replace amalgam separators due to prophy paste hardening
Power down dry vac and
Midmark power and G vac – if cutting main power add WD-40 to pump drive piston to prevent lockup. If leaving power on and newer style system will autorun every so often to prevent lockup.
RamVacs remove air filter to release pressure. Can hydro lock from oil drip. This is normal motor overloads may trip on startup. Kill voltage to system.
Vac systems – clean out tanks where applicable.
Mohave vacs – leave breakers on or MMC can risk serious errors
Wet vacs – turn off water supply after flushing lines and kill power.
Autoclaves – clean and drain. Do not replace water; let air dry.
Hydrim – remove soap/salt and solution and run shipping cycle.
Empty all distiller and let dry.
Water purification systems – shut down water and purge with air until ops and all faucets run dry.
Chairs leave in upright most position as high as they will do.
Oil all handpieces and clean and lube all HVE and SE handles.
Remove plaster trap and discard.
Computer system – complete backup on removable hard drive and take to safe location offsite.
Power down all computers, servers, switches, etc.
Drain, clean and let ultrasonics air dry.
Empty all water collection cannisters on casse3tte sterilizers.
Model trimmers – run water for a period of 10 minutes with unit On to clean wheel as well as flush all drain lines
Replace all dust collector filters in lab areas.
Bleed all airlines in ops and lab areas.
Thoroughly clean all mills from any debris. Keep lid open.
Drain all coolant water from mills.
3D printers remove all resin in machine and clean.
Unplug any furnaces.