Dental cleaning, priced for a surgery rather than an office with a sink
A dental practice turns over chairs all day. Surgeries, the sterilisation area, the waiting room and the patient toilet each carry their own touch points, and the surface work is nightly, not weekly. Price it on office assumptions and the corner gets cut in the one room where you cannot afford it.
The calculator treats a dental practice as regulated premises: it prices on the Complete scope only, every night it is cleaned. Core and Extended are not offered for a surgery, whatever it would cost. Real prices, current as at 19 September 2026:
| Practice | Service | Per week | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-chair practice — 180 m² | Complete, five nights | $585 | $2,535 |
| Four-chair practice — 300 m² | Complete, five nights | $975 | $4,225 |
| Group dental — 450 m² | Complete, five nights | $1,465 | $6,348 |
Prices exclude GST. Price your own rooms — area off your lease, days per week, two questions about washrooms, done.
What a dental practice manager stops chasing
Evidence, without inspecting. Photos in your portal after every visit, against a published scope where every task states what done looks like. For the practice accreditation cycle you hold a dated record of every attendance, not a checklist signed in advance.
Who is in the surgery after hours. A named person, told to you before they attend: police check sighted and dated, $20 million public liability current and tracked to its expiry, re-verified every 13 weeks. If cover lapses, the platform stops the work automatically.
A remedy that runs itself. An in-scope item missed is re-cleaned within 24 hours, free. If a re-clean is not practical, that visit is credited as money off your next invoice. No lock-in, no notice period, nothing to serve out.
The full task list for the Complete scope — including the exclusions, printed in the same font size — is public at the scope page.
Straight answers
How much does dental practice cleaning cost in Adelaide?
On Sarto, a four-chair dental practice of about 300 m² cleaned five nights a week on the Complete scope is priced live on this page and on the calculator, excluding GST. The figure is a job price per attendance, never an hourly rate, and it is held for 12 months.
What is not included in the cleaning?
Clinical instrument reprocessing, autoclave and sterilisation of equipment, clinical waste handling beyond bagged bins, and any task the published Complete scope lists as an exclusion. Exclusions are printed on the scope page in the same font size as the inclusions.
Can we have the same person each night?
The independent business that accepts your site decides who attends, and you are told the name before every visit. Sarto does not roster or direct their staff. Most businesses send the same person to a nightly site because it is easier for them too.
Who does the cleaning?
Independent cleaning businesses verified by Sarto: ABN and entity checks, current public liability sighted, a national police check sighted for every person who attends, and two referees contacted.
Metro Adelaide, and your price holds
We cover metro Adelaide, and we do not take on a practice we cannot service properly. Price it either way — the number is held for 12 months. Also useful: clinic and GP practice cleaning, allied health rooms and the full Adelaide price guide.