For Dentists
Buying Guides (Page 3).
Buying guides that help dentists compare equipment and materials. These are the guides our editorial team has rewritten and Dr. Sean Myran, DMD has reviewed.
How we rank explains how these product lists are ordered.
Dental 3D Printers: How to Choose
How to choose a dental 3D printer by indication, and how SprintRay, Formlabs, VOCO, Stratasys, and Arfona differ.
Dental Mills: How to Choose
How to choose a dental mill: chairside blocks versus lab discs, and how CEREC, PlanMill, PrograMill, Ceramill, and Roland differ.
Dental Denture Acrylics: How to Choose
How to choose a denture acrylic: Lucitone 199 heat-cure bases, Rebase II chairside relines, and self-cure repair resins.
Dental Core Buildups: How to Choose
How to choose a core buildup: dual-cure LuxaCore and Clearfil, a gray Ketac Silver cermet, or a light-only composite.
Dental Cements: How to Choose
How to choose among these five cements: temporary zinc oxide, polycarboxylate, an RMGI liner, self-adhesive resin, and GI luting.
Dental Adhesives: How to Choose
How to choose a dental adhesive: Scotchbond Universal, Single Bond 2, OptiBond Solo Plus, Clearfil SE Bond, and iBond by etch step.
Dental Ultrasonic Cleaners: How to Choose
How to choose an ultrasonic cleaner: cassette fit, sweep, heat, and how BioSonic, L&R, and Crest differ.
Dental X-ray Units and Phosphor Plates
Radiography, not an optical scanner: phosphor-plate readers, intraoral x-ray heads, and a panoramic unit.
Dental Rubber Dams: How to Choose
How to choose a rubber dam: latex versus latex-free sheets from Hygenic, Fiesta, Flexi Dam, and SmartDam by gauge, scent, and frame.
Dental Bone Graft Materials: How to Choose
How to choose a bone graft material: a collagen membrane, a TCP syringe, a bovine cone, allograft granules, and hydroxyapatite.
Dental Sterilizers: How to Choose
How to choose a dental sterilizer: steam chamber, cassette, or dry heat, and how Midmark, SciCan, Tuttnauer, and W&H differ.
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.