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Ways of removing monomer odour from appliances
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<blockquote data-quote="JMN" data-source="post: 254318" data-attributes="member: 8469"><p>I'm gonna start with your comment that I may be misinterpreting. That you are interested in smell/taste and not disinfection. IF you are not disinfecting before delivery, you need to start NOW. If for no legal reason, for the moral need too prevent cross contamination between cases and from your own germ colonies. We all have germ colonies, most of us carry Staph, and a few dozen more, on our skin, at the minimum. Cavicide is a good quick method. It takes all of 3 minutes. Spray and go bill, when you return, they'll be sanitized. Rinse, bag, tag.</p><p></p><p>For the monomer odor, use fresh water very often, each case if possible. The monomer leaches into the water. Leave the appliance or prosthetic in the water and at curing temp as long as possible. The IvoBase system has a Residual Monomer Reduction cycle. It's just sitting at temp. Nothing extra special.</p><p></p><p>Also, if you use more water than is required to just cover the appliance or prosthetic, this will allow for more monomer to leach into the water as well. There is a limit to how much it will carry/hold.</p><p></p><p>I put all my cases in NON-Alcohol mouthwash after sanitation. Never use alcohol bearing mouthwash for anything. It weakens the acrylic and can cause issues for the patient otherwise. Not likely, but imagine trying to convince a judge that you haven't had a drink when the meter registered .22 blood alcohol. Also, I know some reformed alcoholics that cannot well handle even the amount that absorbs while using the mouthwash. Non-alcohol mouthwash is available in every store beside the 'standard ones' and less than a dollar more.</p><p></p><p>If you are using the material as the IFU states and still having issues, contact the manufacturer for any insight that they may have. If they've "Never heard that before" don't be surprised, but you can at least try.</p><p></p><p>If you let us know what the material(s) are, we may have ideas from using it as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMN, post: 254318, member: 8469"] I'm gonna start with your comment that I may be misinterpreting. That you are interested in smell/taste and not disinfection. IF you are not disinfecting before delivery, you need to start NOW. If for no legal reason, for the moral need too prevent cross contamination between cases and from your own germ colonies. We all have germ colonies, most of us carry Staph, and a few dozen more, on our skin, at the minimum. Cavicide is a good quick method. It takes all of 3 minutes. Spray and go bill, when you return, they'll be sanitized. Rinse, bag, tag. For the monomer odor, use fresh water very often, each case if possible. The monomer leaches into the water. Leave the appliance or prosthetic in the water and at curing temp as long as possible. The IvoBase system has a Residual Monomer Reduction cycle. It's just sitting at temp. Nothing extra special. Also, if you use more water than is required to just cover the appliance or prosthetic, this will allow for more monomer to leach into the water as well. There is a limit to how much it will carry/hold. I put all my cases in NON-Alcohol mouthwash after sanitation. Never use alcohol bearing mouthwash for anything. It weakens the acrylic and can cause issues for the patient otherwise. Not likely, but imagine trying to convince a judge that you haven't had a drink when the meter registered .22 blood alcohol. Also, I know some reformed alcoholics that cannot well handle even the amount that absorbs while using the mouthwash. Non-alcohol mouthwash is available in every store beside the 'standard ones' and less than a dollar more. If you are using the material as the IFU states and still having issues, contact the manufacturer for any insight that they may have. If they've "Never heard that before" don't be surprised, but you can at least try. If you let us know what the material(s) are, we may have ideas from using it as well. [/QUOTE]
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