E N T Clean Up is a new and extremely efficient aspirating system. Infection control is enhanced by reduction of patient and staff exposure to drill related aerosol spray and potentially hazardous particulate. Clean Up is placed directly over the tooth being worked on, permitting a continuous suction to be applied directly to the work field.
Patient comfort is enhanced by the reduction or elimination of the splash and spray of cold water.
Cold water being applied to the tooth while drilling is being constantly evacuated as soon is it hits the tooth. Tongue and buccal areas have additional protection from drill contact because of working within the box-formed nozzle of Clean Up. In a study of aspirating effectiveness performed at the Academic Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden, Clean Up was compared to a conventional aspiration device. Using standard amalgam removal protocol, mercury vapor readings in the buccal area while using Clean Up were extremely low when compared to those obtained using a conventional aspiration device. The Swedish study also demonstrated that how and where the assistant places the conventional aspirating tube, in relation to the work area, can produce large variations in how effectively the work area is evacuated.