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Dental equipment guides

Straight answers on servicing intervals, statutory obligations and the faults that stop a surgery running. Written by the engineers who do the work, for the people who have to evidence it at inspection.

Compressors

Servicing, pressure vessel inspection and the faults that take a practice offline.

Dürr Dental compressor servicing

Intervals, filter changes, membrane drying and the faults we see most often.

Cattani compressor servicing

Three years or five — why registration decides it. Plus service intervals and common faults.

Pressure vessel inspection & PSSR 2000

What the regulations actually require, and what your certificate proves.

How often should a compressor be serviced?

What sets your interval, and why there is no single universal figure.

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Suction & amalgam separators

Separator regulations, line care and keeping evidence of compliance.

Amalgam separator regulations

The 95% capture requirement, ISO 11143, and the paperwork that proves it.

Suction servicing: wet vs dry systems

How to tell which you have, what each needs, and what a service should cover.

Chairs & delivery systems

Keeping your revenue centre running, and what a real service covers.

Dental chair servicing

How often, what a proper service covers, common faults and refurbish vs replace.

X-ray & imaging

IRR17, IRMER17, critical examination and routine performance testing.

X-ray testing and compliance

IRR17, IRMER17, critical examination and the re-test that repairs trigger.

Decontamination

Autoclave validation, daily testing and HTM 01-05 evidence for CQC.

Autoclave validation explained

Validation, daily and weekly operator tests, records — and how Scotland differs.

Surgery design & build

Planning builds and refurbishments so the compliance steps land in the right order.

Surgery design and refurbishment

Plant sizing, pipework, decontamination flow and the paperwork that must exist before opening day.

Maintenance planning

Preventive versus reactive, contracts, and one calendar for the whole practice.

Preventive vs reactive maintenance

The real cost comparison, what a contract should cover, and which equipment is statutory.

Practice equipment compliance calendar

Every interval across compressors, suction, chairs, X-ray and autoclaves in one printable page.

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New guides on servicing intervals, statutory obligations and the faults that take a surgery offline — sent when we publish something worth your time, not on a schedule.