Last week I was at the opening of a brand new dental office, and was asked a question about the proper lubrication of their new dental handpieces. I asked the dental assistant to bring me a handpiece so that I could demonstrate the proper procedure.
My jaw fell when she handed me the handpiece- it was [...]

Most dental practices don’t put very much thought into the handpieces that the hygienist uses to polish teeth. In fact, often the hygienist is forced to use the same attachments that the rest of the office has; the latch angle slow speed. However, did you know that latch head slow speeds are an inappropriate choice [...]

With the rise in popularity, and now nearly universal acceptance of fiber optic high speed dental handpieces, more and more dentists are starting to complain about a lack of visibility when using a slow speed dental handpiece during trimming and polishing procedures.
Luckily, the solution to this already exists; fiber optic slow speed attachments and motors [...]

No, no, no – I am not asking you to hire a Dental Assistant called Tina!
On a serious note, it is a curious fact that so many dental offices leave the most basic of handpiece maintenance to chance. With current turbine replacement costs for some brands topping $550, not properly maintaining handpieces is like throwing [...]

Slow-speed motors (or low-speed motors) are one of the least maintained pieces of equipment in a dental office today. They are easy to forget about. They rarely break down, even when ignored for years.
Usually they are simply left connected to the handpiece tubing, wiped down between each patient, and reused. Because the motors rarely seem [...]