In the field of operative dentistry, it is most important to sterilize completely the instruments, especially the small instruments inserted into the root canals of the teeth.
The authors tried both basic and clinical experiments on sterilization of the broach reamers, using such chemical agents as alcohol solutions, positive soap solutions, lysol solutions and phenol solutions.
1) The reamers must be cleaned with brush and water, before they are sterilized with chemical agents.
2) In order to secure the effect of sterilization, 0.5% positive soap solution and 5% lysol solution need about 10 minutes. These are the shortest ways of the chemical agents used in the experiments.
3) Of the used chemical agents, a positive soap solution has the best germicidal effect.
4) At the clinic, the use of the instrument case which is filled by formaldehyd gas is recommendable, after sterilization by solution of a chemical agent.
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