BIDH Dental Hospital Sukhumvit is Thailand’s first full-fledged specialized dental hospital providing one-stop dental care services on Sukhumvit Soi 2. The dental hospital in Bangkok is an 8 level building designed and constructed from start as a dental hospital building.

Our dental specialization areas in Bangkok dental clinics include dental implants and oral surgery, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontic braces, and pediatric dentistry. The latest advanced equipment and facilities using digital dentistry concepts and strict hospital sterilization systems are key design elements encompassed within Bangkok international dental hospital.

Sterilization describes a process that destroys or eliminates all forms of microbial life. Disinfection describes a process that eliminates many or all pathogenic microorganisms. Factors that affect the efficacy of disinfection and dental sterilization include cleaning of the medical devices, temperature, and pH of the disinfection process, methodology of sterilization, and infection process. Of which, the crucial steps, are covered and looked at daily at our dental hospital for the safety of our patients whilst getting dental treatment with us:

1. Sterilization Policies and Controls
2. Central Sterile Supply Management (CSSD)
3. Cleaning of Medical Devices
4. Water Quality Control in CSSD
5. Inspection and Packaging of Medical Devices
6. Sterilized Distribution and Storage
7. Sterilized Process Monitoring
8. Biological Sterilization Indicator Verification System
9. Dental Treatment Rooms Cleanliness
10. Building High-powered Air Ventilation Suction System
11. Sterilization Technologies – Autoclaves & Indicators

Designed and constructed right from start, dental hospital thailand has been set up with American Joint Commission International (JCI) sterilization processes sterilization policies and controls in mind.

The JCI standards are based on established scientific principles, hospital cleanliness standards, and sterilization techniques by an organization that includes:

• American standards by the Center for Disease Controls (CDC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• American Dental Association (ADA)
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Our dental hospital meets and exceeds required standards in Thailand with steps beyond requirements as patient safety is our top priority.

Sterilization policies and control are set up to provide a clean, disinfected environment for each and every patient every time. To adhere to a clean and safe environment, detailed initiatives done on daily basis include:

• ultra-violet and ozonation filtered water
• disposable items
• hand hygiene adherence
• protection wear
• general and infectious waste disposal

BIDH dental hospital uses the international guideline for disinfection and dental sterilization that presents evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization within ur sterilization processes and flow.

Dental instruments are precision tools used in dental treatments impacting patients directly. Instruments require regular maintenance. At BIDH dental hospital, selection of equipment and instruments are chosen with considerations made not just for its technological advancements functionality but also on cleanliness and sterilization designs and approach.

Sterilization efforts go further than standard Thai requirements at Dental hospital Thailand. We use single-use non-woven materials to protect our sterilized dental instruments that are is more bacteria resistant than conventional woven wraps normally used at normal dental clinics and hospitals

Dental instruments at our dental hospital undergo several rounds of checks to ensure total safety and total sterilization. Dental instruments are initially soaked in rapid multi-enzyme detergent for pre-disinfectant cleaning. The enzymes digest all human secretions including blood, saliva, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and mucopolysaccharides that carries possible bacteria and viruses. Thereafter, the instruments are placed in ultrasonic machines to clean and remove tiny or invisible dirt trapped in instrument corners or spiral.

Water quality is an important consideration that can affect cleaning, disinfection, sterilization processes, and the longevity of dental equipment and instruments. Water is one of the components for device decontamination and equipment management.

Dental hospital Thailand looks at water quality based on AAMI guidelines. Water quality is the descriptor of the levels of various impurities present in water. Initial rinsing may use tap water, but during final rinsing of cleaned medical devices, treated water of more stringent criteria for ions, microorganisms, organics are checked for.

International standards CE-certified sterilization units are used to maintain clinical handpieces. Our appliances are individually packed and sealed by an impulse auto sealer machine then autoclaved by pre-vacuumed autoclave units in view packs. Every single pack of dental appliances is dated by date and batch with chemical indicators indications.

Autoclave machines are tested daily for their effectiveness to sterilize view packs. Our dental hospital in Thailand separates autoclave machines for sterilization of instruments from clinical handpieces. After instruments are autoclaved, the instrument is re-checked, packed, dated, and stored in a separate clean area.

Our central supply sterilize department organizes its rooms to flow through in separate clean and dirty areas to prevent potential cross-contamination of instruments. Sterilized clean instruments are consistently kept under controlled cool temperatures and humidity to prevent bacteria growth. Backup generators are in place should a power supply disturbance occur.

At every stage, chemical indicators and measurement monitors are made to double-check and re-confirm that instruments are sterile and our sterilization machines are performing effectively. At BIDH, mechanical measurements on our autoclaving machines are charted at every machine cycle. Temperature, light differentiates, pressure gauge readings are recorded during each pre and post vacuum autoclaving period.

For the autoclaved dental instruments, sterile tape external indicators mark the individual packs that have undergone steam sterilization. Additionally, internal indicators using 3M Sterigage are also used to check that each parcel of critical dental instrument package has been exposed to steam at the correct temperature and time. The Storage check is a Class 5 level check, the highest level of examination, used to determine factors affecting treatment infection and death.

Infection control and dental sterilizations are of top priority. Simply having pressure-steam machines or autoclaves does not guarantee total sterilization. Aside from chemical indicator checks, our dental hospital uses double-level biological checks on top of chemical checks for critical instruments and equipment.

The Attest Biological Rapid Monitoring System by 3M ESPE is used to verify the effectiveness of our sterilization efforts daily. The 3M Attest sterilization is a proven and reliable system with a 20-year product history using a biological indicator system for monitoring steam sterilization. The Attest sterilizations system is used to ensure that our dental hospital sterilization controls and standards are well assured and above those of required standards.

Having a self-contained biological indicator significantly reduces the possibility of contamination. Biological checks minimize false positives and ensure more accurate results.

Planmeca dental care units at our dental treatment rooms are cleaned and disinfected after every single use with a patient. Single-use disposable towels that contain high-level disinfectants are used with our dental units during cleaning.

The pre-selected high-level disinfectant used at our dental hospital is tested and clinically certified to be effective against bacteria and staphylococcus aureus. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enteric, Trichophyton mentagrophytes are disactivated within 3 minutes of contact to the disinfectant. Whilst, MRSA,VRE, Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin, AIDS (HIV), Hepatitis B, C, Influenza A2 Virus as well as Herpes simplex types 1 and 2 are disabled within 2 minutes.

If you and your family would like to have the peace of mind of your own dental handpiece for you and/or your family. Dental hospital Thailand can reserve, secured, and autoclaved your personal clinical handpiece only for you and/or your family’s use during your dental visits with us. Please do kindly ask our staff if you do wish to take up this personalized option at our clinic for you and your family.