Evoluzione della strumentazione di qualità in odontoiatria e in igiene dentale (Instruments quality progress in denstistry and dental hygiene)

The aim of the present paper is a brief but complete discussion about the newly available instruments for dental practice and for dental hygiene. The review start up from the first chair made specifically for dentists (using the design of a Windsor chair), today an operating table that loose the characteristics of the chairs of the last century and having a number of devices devoted to ameliorate the comfort for the patient and health operators. The review ends, after the analysis of the progress of the instrumentation used in the various fields of the dentistry (dental implants, orthodontics, dental prostheses, and so) and the oral hygiene, focusing the attention on the role of the dental units. In particular, the role of the water circulating into the system of the unit's internal circuits in the transmission and in the diffusion of infectious diseases is highlighted, as well as the available devices useful to limit the infectious risk.