Dentozone

Notifications

Dentozone

Plasma Dental Water System

99 SUCTION BLOCK

Customer Support

Installation case

The DENTOZONE Plasma Dental Water System is an advanced device developed from disinfected drinking-water technology originally designed for astronauts.

Using the natural salts contained in water, the system applies electrical energy to generate plasma. This process produces reactive oxygen species (OH radicals, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide) that provide powerful antimicrobial action, creating plasma-activated, disinfected water without the need for chemical disinfectants.
Built on space-proven disinfection technology, the system is optimized for dental unit environments, safely preventing bacterial growth and biofilm formation inside waterlines — without any chemical agents.

No Chemical, No Biofilm, No Bacteria

With DENTOZONE Plasma Technology,safe and effective dental water management is now a reality.

The problem of dental unit water quality has only recently begun to receive proper attention.
Although the topic was first mentioned in dental academia in the early 1960s,it remained largely overlooked for decades.

Then, in the 1990s, a tragic incident in the United States —the death of a dentist due to Legionella infection traced back to a dental unit —
brought the issue to global attention.It became clear that this was not a minor hygiene concern,but a matter of patient and practitioner safety.

Following the incident, the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
established official dental water quality standards, setting a global precedent for dental infection control.

In the U.S., the bacterial count in dental treatment water is regulated to below 500 CFU/mL, while countries such as Germany and Japan enforce drinking-water level standards (below 100 CFU/mL).
In Korea, a drinking-water standard (below 100 CFU/mL) is recommended for dental treatment water, but there are no legally defined regulations yet, and in some cases, disinfectants are overused.
Disinfection methods using chlorine or sodium hypochlorite carry the risk of residual chlorine remaining in the water, which may be absorbed into the patient’s oral cavity.

At present, there are no legally mandated water quality standards equivalent to drinking water for dental unit chair treatment water in Korea.In other words, there are no direct clauses addressing dental treatment water under the Medical Service Act, Medical Technicians Act, or Drinking Water Sanitation Act.

However, several indirectly related regulations apply as follows:

🔹 Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act

Medical institutions are required to take measures to prevent healthcare-associated infections (Article 11).
The detailed guidelines under this law mention the need for waterline control.

🔹 Ministry of Environment Drinking Water Standards

Drinking Water Quality Standard: General bacteria ≤100 CFU/mL.
Although dental treatment water is not classified as drinking water, many institutions adopt this standard as a recommended guideline.

The Korean Dental Association (KDA) recommends the following as part of its infection control program for dental clinics:
For routine (non-surgical) dental procedures, it is recommended to use water that meets the Ministry of Environment’s drinking water quality standards.

🔹 Ministry of Environment Drinking Water Standards:

General bacteria ≤100 CFU/mL
Total coliforms: Not detected
Residual chlorine ≤4.0 mg/L (based on tap water standards)

In other words, according to the KDA’s recommendation, dental treatment water should effectively meet drinking water standards.

In the healthcare accreditation and evaluation process, the infection control section includes the following item:
“Is the dental unit chair waterline managed to ensure that treatment water does not cause patient infection?”

Evaluation items include:

Monitoring and control of bacterial counts
Regular cleaning and disinfection records of waterlines
Availability of water quality test reports when necessary

These evaluation standards serve as de facto quality control criteria for dental waterline safety.

At Samsung Medical Center, serious concerns over dental unit water quality were resolved through the DENTOZONE Plasma System,and the results were later published as an academic paper by Seoul National University. Moreover, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s leading national university, adopted the DENTOZONE system to address its water quality challenges.The outcome was published in the International Journal of Dentistry (Hindawi), earning global recognition for the system’s technological excellence.

In 2023, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s top national university, conducted a highly significant and insightful study involving dentists and dental hygienists. The focus of this research was the bacterial content in aerosols generated from dental unit chairs — comparing units that used ordinary treatment water with those equipped with the DENTOZONE Plasma Dental Water System (DPS2). The results were remarkable.

In dental units using ordinary treatment water, aerosols contained as many as 140,000–280,000 CFU/mL of bacteria.
In contrast, units using the DENTOZONE Plasma System (DPS) showed only 470–1,200 CFU/mL, demonstrating a 99.6% reduction in bacterial levels.