Dental Plaster Traps - The Trap-eze - The Dental Equipment & Dental Office Blog

There are few topics less exciting than plaster traps in a dental office laboratory. But plaster traps do serve a vital function. All of the plaster trimmings in a dental office from a model trimmer or lab knife or mixing bowl end up in the plaster trap (hopefully) at the end of the day.

If the plaster trap wasn’t in place or was functioning incorrectly, all of that plaster would end up as a tightly packed plug somewhere in a drain or sewer line. That’s a big problem.

For years plaster traps have been little more than a necessary evil; difficult, time consuming, and horribly messy to clean. Worse, the plaster, once it has been sitting in a wet container for a number of weeks, develops a very pungent odor-an odor that quickly spreads throughout a dental office once exposed to air.

Plaster trap trap-eze Thankfully, Buffalo Dental Manufacturing has created a better plaster trap. Dubbed the Trap-Eze and based on a 3.5 or 5 gallon pail it is connected to the sink and drain line with flexible tubing. This means that the entire assembly can be removed quickly and easily.

When the clear pail is full it is simply thrown away - making the entire process fast, clean, and odor free. One can generally change a properly installed Buffalo Dental Manufacturing trap in less than a minute from start to finish.

The replacement pails certainly cost more than the old disposable bags that lined stainless steel or plastic plaster traps, but the added convenience is more than worth it-especially if you are currently paying a technician to clean it as many dental offices do.

Trap-Eze plaster trap pails are suitable for dental offices, dental labs, and denture clinics. The initial installation is usually fast and generally doesn’t require a plumber.

The pails come in two forms; the installation kit with the pail as well as all the hoses and fittings for installation, and the replacement pail only.