Now available through Henry Schein, EdgeEndo products span the entire endodontic procedure, including files treated with FireWire Blaze technology for greater flexibility and cutting efficiency
While affordability may be what initially attracts many dentists to EdgeEndo products, it is the quality that keeps them buying. Today, there is another reason to use EdgeEndo supplies and solutions—their availability through Henry Schein. Thanks to an exclusive partnership, customers of Henry Schein now have the convenience of ordering EdgeEndo products with their other purchases and get the same cost effective pricing as ordering direct.
EdgeEndo’s comprehensive portfolio covers the entire endodontic procedure from diagnosis and instrumentation to obturation and restoration, with products ranging from gutta percha points and root canal sealers to endodontic files and irrigation devices.
Dr. Jenny He, a clinical associate professor at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry who maintains a full-time private practice limited to endodontics in Dallas, TX, has been using EdgeEndo products for the better part of two decades.
“You can find anything you need for endo in their catalog, from different burs for access to the files used for preparing canals, as well as the materials for filling canals,” she said. “I know many people are first attracted to Edge products because of their competitive pricing, but then they become loyal customers because of the quality. If the quality isn’t there and the product fails, you would abandon it and move on to something else. But a lot of people have stayed loyal customers because the quality really holds up. Their products have stood the test of time.”
Advances in File Technology
Over the years, innovations in endodontics have improved the ability to preserve tooth structure during treatment, helping to maintain mechanical strength and reduce the risk of fracture. Dr. He noted that file technology has advanced to include design features such as a regressive taper, where the taper decreases toward the shank, and heat-treated metal for greater flexibility and the ability to maintain curvature.
“The conventional nickel titanium has shape memory—you bend it, and it just bounces back. So, when you use it in the curvy root, it just wants to straighten it out and you end up cutting away too much tooth structure and changing the shape. "Heat-treated metal gives the files greater flexibility and allows them to maintain the original canal anatomy better,” Dr. He said.
EdgeEndo offers an array of heat-treated file systems, the latest being EdgeOne Blaze Utopia. As the company’s premier single-shaping file reciprocating system, EdgeOne Blaze Utopia features EdgeEndo’s proprietary FireWire Blaze heat treatment for greater cutting efficiency, safety, and flexibility.
Dr. He has been using EdgeOne Blaze Utopia files for the past year and has been pleased with their performance. She has found the FireWire Blaze technology to be a differentiator. “That gives you greater flexibility and cutting efficiency at the same time,” she said.
“To be honest, you can get good results with any file system on the market—we used hand files for a hundred years and it worked out fine for us, but I feel the advantage of a newer system like the EdgeOne Blaze Utopia is that it just makes it easier and more predictable. You don’t have to worry about file separation, and you don’t have to sit there for two hours working on the tooth. It just makes everything easier.”
Single-Use Files for Double the Benefits
The cost-effectiveness of presterilized EdgeEndo files makes it easier to take a single-use approach to procedures. At a fraction of the cost of other popular brands, EdgeEndo files can be used once and discarded in favor of a new, perfectly sharp file.
“With endo files, after every use, the blade will become dull and there will also be weak points to the file that you don’t see and just make them more prone to fracture,” Dr. He said. “So, if you can do single use, you really cut down on file separation. But if you use an expensive system, the cost of single-use really adds up. You may feel less hesitant to throw away a lower-priced file over an expensive one when you do this all day long.”
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