Abstract
Surgical instruments that are functional, clean, sterile at point of use, and available at the right time and in sufficient quantity are essential for modern dental surgical practice. This chapter describes how past evidence of deficiencies in reprocessing of dental surgical instruments have shaped current concepts in improving the quality of dental instrument reprocessing. The options for improving quality include single-use sterile items, reprocessing through a sterile service department or a local decontamination unit. There is usually no “one-size-fits-all” solution and each practice will adopt a process best suited to its individual needs and specialty, while maintaining the same high-quality end product.
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