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'It does what it says on the tin, doesn’t it?'

3 mins read Patient education
This 1980s TV ad strapline for Cuprinol is as relevant today as it ever was, when it comes to checking exactly what your dental waterline cleaner does. Simon Davies explores protocols and safer options

Back in 1676, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek witnessed a novel phenomenon using his newly manufactured microscope – what he described as ‘animacules’ in biofilms from human teeth. As time and science have moved on, we now know that among these animacules were, using more modern terminology, bacteria and protozoa.1,2

Of course, today’s dental care professional is further aware that biofilms aren’t just to be found in the mouth – they will also be rampant in water lines if given half the chance. As with our ‘tooth-loving’ plaque bacteria, the aim of any cleaning routine is to eliminate and manage water line biofilms.

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