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Some Nice Burs for Smoothing Preps

Thomas Monahan Marc Thomas
13 years ago

One challenge with prepping for CEREC is achieving smooth preparations. I like to refine with red strip diamonds, then I was following up with a high speed brownie point, an idea I got from Daniel Vasquez which  works very well, but you burn up about one brownie per tooth, and those things are expensive.

Here is another bur that I prefer.

 

They are from dentsply/essix, and are meant for the removal of composite cement after finishing an ortho case. They are made of fiberglass and last a long time, in fact dozens of cases. To smooth dentin you need to run at about 40,000 rpm with copious irrigation, but these guys last and last. I prefer the pointed and the football shapes, and use them for quite a few applications. The football really smooths out the occlusal aspect and axial walls.

I hope this helps someone. 

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