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What is a high-speed dental handpiece in dentistry?

2020-11-18  This post is in
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High-speed dental handpiece is a commonly used medical device for dental treatment.

What is a high-speed dental handpiece in dentistry?

High-speed dental handpiece is also called high-speed air turbine and high-speed dental drill.It’s a commonly used medical device or dental instrument for dental treatment. 

high-speed dental handpiece

What is the working principle of high-speed dental handpiece?

The working principle of high-speed dental handpiece is that,the dental handpiece is powered by compressed air as the power, driving the impeller to high-speed rotation, thereby driving the dental bur to complete operations such as drilling and grinding the tooth.

What is the rotation speed of high-speed dental handpiece?

According to the international standard of the dental handpiece (ISO7785-1), dental handpiece with a rotation speed of more than 160,000 rpm can be called high-speed dental handpiece. At present,the rotation speed of most commonly used high-speed dental handpiece in China is 280,000rpm ~ 450,000 rpm per minute.

Types of high-speed dental handpieces

According to the use, types of high-speed dental handpieces can be divided into torque head, standard head, small head or mini head, impacted tooth(45º degree surgical) handpiece and a variety of special dental handpieces.

5-lights LED high speed handpiece
Push button high-speed dental handpiece

According to the way of loading and unloading burr can be divided into thimble type, clamping type (spanner type) , push button(gland type) , etc. Dental handpiece is a kind of very precise medical instrument in dental treatment. Whether it can be used and maintained correctly will directly affect the service life of dental handpiece. This requires the users of dental handpiece must master the correct use and correct maintenance of common sense. You can browse our previous articles for more details of maintain tips of dental handpiece.