Hereford Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 HelloProblem: old lady with dementia puts denture in toilet bowl and flushes (don't ask..). Teeth rescued from fosse septique (a miracle)Question: Is "steradent" type product enough to thoroughly clean before she puts them back in !! Or should they go to her dentist to sterilise.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Sounds safer than eating at Speedies.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 YUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Personally, given that the tiniest amount of bacteria can cause havoc in the mouth, I would take the dentures along to a dentist and ask for them to be put through the steriliser. But I'm certainly no dentist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 So, when the teeth were rescued from the fosse, was it a difficult job or................... were you just going through the motions? [+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 For information if needed by anyone in the future: spoke to pharmacie and they supplied some "mousse" stuff containing chlorhexedrine. Thanks for comments! All sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueyh Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Pierre, we used to say that about swimming off Margate coast - Don't swim just go through the motions!! [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSman Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Er, is she OK?? I've only just received this and I'm sorry to have to tell you that Chlorhexidine gel/mousse will not be sufficient. Dentures are made from heat cured acrylic resin but by their nature are porous. Any topical agent is therefore very unlikely to kill the nasty stuff in fosses like e coli etc. They should have been mechanically disinfected and then put through the dentist's autoclave. If she is still OK , I think its safe to assume she still has a good immune system and I post all this for anyone else who has a similar problem. What really intrigues me is how they got them out of the fosse.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Yes she is fine thank you ! We did take advice in the pharmacy and were told that Chlorhexedrine was right (in fact the bottle had two different chemicals in it). If, God forbid, she does it again we will suggest they are taken to her dentist but he is 30 km away.Fosse needed to be emptied anyway. Final checking that pipe from house was clear - it wasn't.. So man shot water from hose up towards the house and teeth floated out. No-one more surprised than the fosse man !!All is well that ends well.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I´m a bit late, having soaked it in chlorhexadine for several hours, try not to worry and forget where they have been, I would not have put a denture through my autoclave , unless the patient signed a disclaimer if it did not survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSKS Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Even heat-cured acrylic? Any non-vulcanite denture should survive an autoclave. I agree about the chlorhexidine - it should kill the pathogens and leave a nice life-like brown coating (which will, of course, brush off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 How about putting them through the dishwasher..... ?[:)] Personally I agree with Jo re the autoclave, if they are old dentures possibly cracked who knows what the result could be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Just a little bleach kills pretty much anything and goes along way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 The teeth were less than a month old. All is well anyway thanks.Mrs H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 debbie, a girl after my own heart, but Mr RH falls for every anti bacterial cleaner going: bathroom - kitchen etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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