Finishing & Polishing

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  • Michael Howard
  • 08/28/2020

  Keep Patients Safe with Shofu Single-Use Solutions

  Infection prevention has long been a top priority in dentistry, but the still-unfolding effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed practices to reevaluate and redefine what it means to treat patients safely. Shofu knows the importance of prioritizing infection prevention in the dental setting, especially in these unprecedented times....

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  • Brian Donahue
  • 08/18/2020

  A High Luster Polish in Less Time

  A.S.A.P. Polishers have addressed a longstanding challenge for many dentists, and that’s the efficient and effective polishing of a composite resin. Time is money, and when dentists are able to quickly achieve better results, they’re doing themselves and their patients a favor.

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  • Sara Grillo
  • 06/22/2020

  Speed Up Your Polishing Game with a Simple, Two-Step System

  Perhaps now more than ever, single-patient-use products like burs and polishers are a good choice to help prevent cross-contamination between patients keep everyone in the operatory safe. While Microcopy has been at the forefront of dentistry’s single-patient-use movement for over 50 years, its NeoShine polishing system offers much more than...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 11/07/2017

  Refined Finishing with GripStrips and ProxiDiscs

  I’ve been looking at this interesting tool, the GripStrip from Centrix, thinking about using one to remove every last trace of a sweet and sticky afternoon treat from between my teeth. I did brush and floss since to make up for the transgression, but am not convinced bigger guns aren’t required to find every last bit. The GripStrip is an...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 10/23/2017

  Abracadabra!

  Do magicians still say that when they perform a magic trick? How about dentists? Do you think they’ve ever said “Abracadbra!” while adjusting proximal contacts? Well, probably not…and it would be weird if they did…but I immediately had that image in my head after reading about Strauss Diamond’s Magic Strips. Rather than constantly squeezing to...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 06/18/2017

  For the Perfect Polish

  The Perfect Polish one-step diamond polishers from Itena North America are made of silicone, reinforced with diamond powder, and were designed for use with composites, compomers, and glass ionomers. They provide superior polish and shine in just one step, by adjusting the pressure with which they are applied, which saves time and reduces the...

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