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Buying guides that help dentists choose equipment, materials, and vendors. The guides featured here were researched by our editorial team and reviewed by Dr. Sean Myran, DMD.
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Dental Chairs: How to Choose
How to choose a dental chair: entry, backrest, delivery, and how A-dec, Midmark, Planmeca, DentalEZ, and Pelton & Crane differ.
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Dental Resin Cements: How to Choose
How to choose a resin cement: adhesive or self-adhesive, and how Variolink, RelyX, PANAVIA, and NX3 differ.
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Dental Flowable Composites: How to Choose
How to choose a flowable composite: SDR flow+ 4 mm bases versus Giomer, heavy-flow, and shade-matched liners.
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Dental Endodontic Files: How to Choose
How to choose a NiTi endodontic file: TF Adaptive, K3 versus K3XF, HyFlex CM, and HyFlex EDM by motion and metal.
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Dental Milling Machines: How to Choose
How to choose a dental milling machine: chairside blocks versus lab discs, and how CEREC, PlanMill, PrograMill, Ceramill, and Roland differ.
Read More →For endodontic isolation, compare rubber dam clamps for root canals and latex rubber dam sheets.
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