Finishing & Polishing

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  • Marie
  • 07/09/2018

  Minnow Fans, Raise Your Hands

  The Minnow continues to wend its way into the hearts of clinicians looking for an economical, ready-to-use polisher. Here’s what a few of them told Microcopy about their go-to tool. "Minnow— hardly little polishers. People seem satisfied with the surface polish delivered by them. Simple to use." Dr. Robert Marley, Floria, IL "Minnow is cost...

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  • Marie
  • 05/11/2018

  This Small Polisher Makes a Big Impact

  Small, smooth and agile—that describes the composite polisher from Microcopy, which is aptly named Minnow. This single-use tool, known as the “Go Anywhere Polisher,” is ideal for accessing pits and fissures close to soft tissue. The Minnow’s small size makes it able to access these hard-to-reach places as an efficient and economical polishing...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 06/09/2017

  IPR—A Conservative Approach to Overcrowding

  In the course of discussing the direction of dentistry with a few of my dentist friends, one particular theme was repeated over and over—conservative dentistry. This approach to oral health care touches just about all procedures and specialties. In one recent conversation, the topic of overcrowding came up. Because of my unfamiliarity with this...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 06/06/2017

  Microcopy: A Proven Leader in the Dental Industry

  You might be familiar with Microcopy Dental because of their popular NeoDiamond product line, which has bragging rights as America’s #1 selling diamond. But did you know that Microcopy’s NeoBurr and NeoDrys are both Dental Product Shopper ‘Best Products’? And many of their other non-diamond products have earned respectable awards in the...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 12/01/2016

  VA Dentist Risks Veterans’ Lives with Unsafe Sterilization Procedures

  There’s always that one person who ruins it for the rest of us. The football team that lets air out of the ball to gain an advantage. The passenger in a car accident who fakes an injury to get a settlement. A college student who cheats on an exam. Even a dentist who wipes off ‘single-use’ burs and uses them again. I’m sure that nearly every...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 11/11/2016

  The Jiffy Solution

  Something to add to my always expanding dental knowledge: restorations that are not properly adjusted and polished can develop microfractures and scratch the opposing natural teeth. And this is a particular challenge with zirconia, lithium disilicate, and porcelain restorations because they are extremely hard. You want that kind of toughness to...

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