The Dental Equipment & Dental Office Blog

Aside from changes in cutting surfaces and the invention of diamond burs, the technology in dental burs has changed very little in the history of dentistry. A round bur fits into a round chuck, and the chuck is tightened to grip the bur as securely as possible. Both parts are round, and friction is the […]

The Dental bur (often called a Carbide) is one of the primary tools of restorative dentistry. It is the Dentists scalpel, which she uses to artfully and accurately carve away tooth structure for all of her procedures. Often thought of as ‘just a bur’, there are a lot of options and things to consider when […]