Handpieces

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  • Samantha Negraval
  • 05/05/2020

  Want ‘Smart Technology’ in Your Practice? Start with Your Workhorses

  When you hear of a smart technology for your practice, you might think of the catch phrase “work smarter, not harder.” You may already know that smart technologies should “talk” to one another, and you may be relying on these technologies to work remotely during the COVID-19 crisis.

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  • Samantha Negraval
  • 09/23/2019

  Splatter-Reducing Prophy Angle Earns Hygienists’ Praise

  new solution to dental splatter As much as Stacie Garn of South Jordan, UT, loves her job as a dental hygienist, she didn’t necessarily like the feeling of taking her work home with her. She faced what seems to be a universal problem among hygienists: splatter. “I used to be concerned that when I left the office and I didn’t have time to go...

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  • Samantha Negraval
  • 06/03/2019

  Midwest Tradition Updates Put Ideal Handpiece Qualities within Reach

  If you needed to purchase a new handpiece right now, at the start of a busy week, which qualities would be most important to you? If you think about it, the features that affect your experience as a clinician also affect the patient and vice-versa. For instance, improved power helps the dentist complete the preparation more efficiently, which...

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  • Samantha Negraval
  • 10/29/2018

  A Creative Handpiece Design from Dentistry’s 'Infection Control Experts'

  I appreciate the artistic process behind many dental products, from shade matching to CAD/CAM restorations. But can a handpiece design be inspired by art? SciCan has shown us it can. In an innovative research-and-development process, SciCan chose clay as a medium and asked 35 dentists to mold the material in their hands to create a handpiece...

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  • Samantha Negraval
  • 08/29/2018

  ELECTROmatic System Offers Electric Handpieces That Are Worth a Test Drive

  For air-driven handpiece users, the opportunity to upgrade to an electric handpiece can feel uncertain. Making a purchase decision on the "vehicle" of your operatory is a lot like buying a new car, with similar considerations. There's the cost of upgrading the model, learning its new controls, and just generally getting a feel for how it...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 12/20/2017

  How to Use the Midwest RDH Freedom Cordless Prophy Handpiece

  Imagine you just received your new RDH Freedom Cordless prophy handpiece from Dentsply Sirona Midwest. You’ve read the instructions and walked through its use with your sales rep, but you’d like one more refresher. Voila! This video on YouTube does exactly that. Step-by-step, the video walks you through assembling the handpiece and using it.

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