A BETTER SOLUTION

An IMS is more than instrument storage

While approximately 58 percent of respondents said that their instrument reprocessing procedures couldn’t be improved, nearly 57 percent are still using a manual process.

Survey results indicate that in 81 percent of dental practices, the dental assistant is solely responsible for instrument reprocessing. That requires a lot of time and attention for someone who must also be available to patients, doctors and even front office staff.

of practices think their reprocessing protocols can’t be improved, but...

58% of practices are still manually reprocessing their instruments, which takes more time and means more risk of a sharps injury.

Many practice owners recognize the benefits of an IMS, but remain hesitant for a variety of reasons, including:

Reason: They don’t have enough space

Several survey respondents said their practice simply wasn’t big enough: Either they felt their caseload wasn’t large enough to warrant automation or they felt they didn’t have the space for the cassettes.

81%

60% of practices have dental assistants process instruments, leaving less time for their other office responsibilities.

A dental practice doesn’t need to have several doctors and see hundreds of patients on a weekly basis in order to see value from automated instrument reprocessing. Even small practices can benefit from the time savings, structure and efficiency of an IMS.

Cassettes require less space since the instruments are processed together in a single cassette, and the need for trays is eliminated. In addition, an IMS can a save a dental practice anywhere from four-and-a-half to seven linear feet of counter space when compared to trays.

CASSETTES = 18”

CASSETTES = 18”

CASSETTES = 12”

TRAYS = 36”

TRAYS = 36”

TRAYS = 36”

PREPARATION

STERILIZATION

STORAGE