In a previous member advisory, I talked about extraoral evacuation to remove aerosols during our treatment. IQ Air has been the leader in the dental field. We chose to order the Sentry Air 300MED, because of availability as well as the ULPA filter with a filtration of 0.12 microns as compared with the HEPA filter, with filtration of 0.3 microns. The effective filtration of the HEPA filter in IQ Air’s system is 0.003 microns, viral particle size, because of a “tunneling effect.” Tunneling effect means that the depth of the filter allows for smaller particles to be captured by the filter. IQ Air reports that it is 95% effective at a 0.003 micron particle size.
The two advantages of Sentry Air, when I first talked about it last week, were availability and price. The availability now is 3-4 weeks. The IDS price remains the same through the end of April, which is $1495 per unit. After the end of April, the price will gradually rise over the following three months to about $2000.
John Leonard, the salesman that I’m working with, did a demonstration video. https://youtu.be/Vd0vTerJyC8
His contact information is: 832-255-7138 or john@sentryair.com.
Hope you are doing well and looking forward to getting back to your practice soon.
We will get through this and flourish.