Re: Wooohoo! I'm buying made in USA again

Steven Fawks wrote:



My father-in-law graduated from dental school in 1939. He died in 1971
before I started dating his daughter, but I still ended up with a few items after I got out of school. I got some very nice glass syringes
with needles of such manufacture that they do not seem to be disposable.

There were several "sterilizers" that were actually just different
means of cleaning or disinfection.  Even in the 70's it was common
to use glutaraldehyde solutions in glass trays to 'sterilize' many
dental instruments, though disposable needles were a given by that time.

Now, I throw it away or run it through the autoclave no matter what it is.

Fawks

It's actually worse than that. In the 70's, I'm not sure glutaraldehydes were widely used in dentistry. In dental school we used Zephirin chloride, which was probably not much better than Listerine.

Steve



Ah, the good old days. Boil em up (if you felt like it) and resharpen the
needle with a whetstone. Needles last for a year or so of moderate volume
practice back then?


We'd have to consult the historical record. Just how old do ya think we are, anywho?

Steve 



Joel would know.
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