In short
A dental surgery generates aerosol during almost every procedure — an epidemiological situation closer to an operating theatre than to a standard consulting room. Sanitary inspectors check not only whether you have PPE, but how it is stored and dispensed. An open box of masks on the unit worktop is a finding in the report. Four wall-mounted INOX dispensers — gloves, masks, caps, shoe covers — close this issue for years.
The inspector examines the workstation next to the unit. A box of nitrile gloves stands open on the worktop, two metres from the treatment field — within the aerosol range of the high-speed handpiece. Masks sit in a partly torn manufacturer's carton on the windowsill. The inspector's question is simple: "after three hours of surgery operation, is a glove taken from this box still protective equipment, or has it become a vector?" There is no good answer. There is, however, a simple solution — a closed wall dispenser outside the aerosol zone, with a bottom dispensing opening.
Sanitary requirements for dental surgeries — what gets inspected
The regulatory basis is national health ministry legislation on premises and equipment for healthcare providers, supplemented by the internal infection-prevention procedure that every healthcare entity is required to hold and implement. A sanitary inspection in a dental surgery focuses on several areas, three of which relate directly to PPE provision:
- PPE availability at the workstation — does staff have protective equipment where the work is performed, without having to leave the station.
- Storage method — is the stock protected against contamination, aerosol and contact by unauthorised persons. This is where findings arise most often.
- Washability and surface disinfection — can the equipment in the treatment zone be effectively decontaminated with the preparations used in the surgery.
One nuance escapes many practice owners: a manufacturer's carton is not packaging intended for storage inside a treatment zone. It is transport packaging. Keeping an opened stock of masks or caps in it for a week, in a room where a high-speed handpiece operates, is difficult to defend from a procedural standpoint.
PPE inventory for a dental surgery
Standard PPE set for a dental workstation
- Single-use examination gloves — nitrile or latex, changed for every patient. Consumption in a single-chair surgery: 40–80 pairs per day.
- Type IIR surgical masks — fluid-resistant, required for aerosol-generating procedures. Changed per patient or every 2 hours of continuous work.
- Disposable caps — limit aerosol deposition in staff hair and its transfer outside the surgery.
- Shoe covers — in oral surgery and implantology practices, and in any surgery treating patients under an elevated hygiene regime.
- Disposable gowns — for surgical procedures and for patients with elevated epidemiological risk.
Real consumption in a two-chair practice is roughly 15,000–20,000 glove pairs and 4,000–6,000 masks per year. At that scale the dispensing method stops being an aesthetic question and becomes a cost question: an open carton generates losses of 5–12% of stock through soiling, spillage and multiple-item grabbing.
Dispenser solutions — what to fit and where
A dental surgery has different geometry from a hospital room. Walls are occupied by cabinetry, free space is limited, and the aerosol zone around the unit has a radius of roughly 1.5–2 metres. This determines placement.
- GloveSafe INOX 392 — glove dispenser. Mounted on a side wall, outside the direct aerosol field but within reach of the operator at the unit. The housing takes a standard 100-piece box — you replace the inner carton. The acrylic-front variant lets you check stock level without opening.
- MaskSafe INOX 392 — mask dispenser. Mounted at the surgery entrance or by the sink. The bottom opening releases a single mask — the hand never enters the stock. That is the decisive difference from a carton.
- CapSafe INOX 392 — cap dispenser. Mounted in the preparation area, next to MaskSafe. In single-chair practices the 392 mm variant (9.71 l) is entirely sufficient.
- SafeStep INOX 392 — shoe cover dispenser. Mounted at the entrance, at 100–110 cm. In implantology and oral surgery practices the no-touch SafeStep INOX is worth considering.
INOX or acrylic front in a private practice
In practice settings the acrylic front wins more often than in hospitals, for two reasons. First, a surgery rarely has a separate local store, so visual stock control without opening the cover has real operational value. Second, a transparent front visibly communicates to the patient that protective equipment is being taken from a fresh, enclosed stock — and in a private practice that is part of the patient experience.
A full INOX front remains the choice for oral surgery and implantology practices, where the regime approaches operating theatre level and surface uniformity takes precedence over stock visibility.
B2B pricing and purchase model
How purchasing works for a practice
- Net B2B prices — we work exclusively B2B, with no retail checkout. Prices are quoted net, with volume thresholds.
- Practice starter set — the most frequently ordered configuration is 4 dispensers (gloves, masks, caps, shoe covers) per workstation. For multi-chair practices we multiply the set and review placement.
- VAT-free delivery — for entities with an EU VAT number registered in VIES we deliver as an intra-community supply.
- Documentation — technical data sheets, material identification, installation guide and cleaning procedure. Mill certificate 3.1 to EN 10204 on request.
- Quotation in 48 h — no cost, no obligation.
If you are opening a new practice or preparing for an inspection, say so in your enquiry. We will prepare a configuration for your specific room layout, not a catalogue list.