The principles of controlling the effectiveness of instrument disinfection in dentistry

Dental clinical practice creates an extremely high risk of developing and transmitting nosocomial infections and requires special attention to their prevention and control. In this paper we analyze the data of current literature characterizing the features of measures for instruments disinfection in dentistry and ways to control its effectiveness. Disinfection of medical instruments occupies one of the leading places in the system of measures for the prevention of cross-infection among doctors, patients and service personnel. The need to analyze this system of measures in modern dentistry is associated with a significant improvement in the technological provision of dental care to the patient, an increase in the level of knowledge in the field of its influence on the possibility of infectious agents transmission, the emergence of new methods of sterilization and disinfection and control of their microbiological effectiveness. Conclusions. The peculiarities of modern approaches to instruments disinfection in dentistry are determined by the invasive nature of therapeutic measures, as well as the need to adapt methods of sterilization, disinfection, and their microbiological control to the composition, design, and purpose of the instruments.