Clean Water
Two major issues in the dental office are rapidly gaining the attention of many diverse groups - consumers, governmental agencies in charge of public safety,  environmental groups and the dental profession. These issues are:

#1 Mecury: Mercury in our water supply is measuring at an alarming level and has come to be considered an envrinmental hazard. These measurements have revealed that silver amalgam fillings are considered as a major contributor to the pollution of the environment. The silver amalgam fillings in our mouths are actually 50% mercury by weight. When these fillings are removed for replacement, this toxic, non-radioactive metal is suctioned from the mouth through the dental units, dumped into our sewers and ultimately into our rivers and streams.

Solution: The Dental Group, in its new environmentally sensitive facility, has all the evacuation water lines filtered so that no Mercury or Amalgam will ever reach public seweres or water supplies.

#2 Water Contamination: The water that comes through the dental units to cool handpieces and irrigate during procedures has been shown to be highly contaminated with bacteria and debris. The inside walls of the water pipes and tubes in the dental untis and plumbing accumulate a film over use that acts as a matrix and breeding ground for microorganisms. According to most scientists who study issues that involve this source of contamination, are becoming increasingly concerned. Up to this time, there has been no easy, effective or permanent solution to resolving the problem. Offices that flush chemicals through the lines in the dental units only temporarily relieve the problem.

Solution: The Dental Group is very proud to announce to their patients as well as to the Dental profession, a solution to the "dirty" water issue. Through the direction of an environmental engineer, they have installed a system that distills and oxygenates the water for our drinking fountains and our dental units. The oxygenated water destroys the bacteria, cleanses the bio film from the walls of the water lines and prevents future accumulation. The Dental Group is the first office in the state of Maryland to have such a system.

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