Scaler Accessories

About scaler accessories

What else the unit takes: handpieces, hoses and fittings, water filter disks and insert accessories. These carry the water: biofilm can develop in the tubes connecting high-speed handpieces, air and water syringes and ultrasonic scalers with a water supply, and the CDC target for water used in nonsurgical procedures is 500 colony forming units per millilitre or fewer.

Carries water, air or the tip to the unit; it is not the working end itself.

Sources: ADA Oral Health Topics: Dental Unit Waterlines