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Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

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In the heat of summer, it can be hard to stay cool while still maintaining proper infection control protocols. But there are a variety of ways to beat the heat while still keeping clean. 

Keeping Your Cool: How to Work Safely in Warm Weather 

As founder SolmeteX, where he served as CEO from 1994 to 2010, Mr Boyd is credited with pioneering amalgam separation in dentistry. He holds numerous patents for water treatment technologies and has consulted with regulatory agencies including the EPA. He is currently founder and CTO of Toppen Dental Solutions, a water treatment company dedicated to serving the dental community.

Toppen Health’s UltraSafe™ utilizes ultrafiltration technology for safe waterline disinfection.

Infection Control: A New Definition of “Safe”

Striving for infection prevention perfection can lead to safety risks if instructions and details are overlooked. 

The Potential Risks and Hazards of Being Clean in a Dental Practice

How to best sterilize items and equipment that prove difficult to clean the standard way.


Cleaning the Uncleanable: How to Reprocess Difficult Items

One For All Foaming Hand Sanitizer is an alcohol-free formulation designed to deliver extended protection in-between hand washings. 

Ho Dental’s New Hand Sanitizer Formulated to Protect Dental Staff and Patients

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

Here’s a quick look at 5 infection control protocols that are hard to imagine not being used by your dentist.

Hard to Believe These 5 Infection Control Protocols Weren’t Always A Thing

This high-powered, handheld LED device from Xenex Disinfection Services is designed to quickly disinfect surfaces in confined spaces, such as dental practices, to deactivate harmful pathogens.

5Ws* Deactivate

New loupes provide protection for the wearer's eyes via innovative silicone inserts.

Designs for Vision Launches Aerosol Protection Loupes

With so many air flow solutions available to protect patients, staff from COVID-19, clinicians need to do homework to select the best fit for their practices.

Experts, Science Needed to Help Dental Practices Air on the Safe Side

Kristin Hohman has served as Associate Editor of Dental Products report since 2019. She has a background in journalism and digital content. Kristin can be reached at khohman@mjhlifesciences.com.

Aerosol reduction in the practice does not have to be a costly safety measure.