Equipment & Materials (Page 2).
Compare dental equipment and materials by category, from the operatory to sterilization.
Top 10 Fluoride Varnishes for Dentistry
In-office fluoride varnish guide: 5% sodium fluoride unit doses and a 10 ml tube, plus TCP, CPP-ACP, and CXP rows.
Top 10 Dental Sealants
Ten light-cured pit-and-fissure sealants: color-change, moisture-tolerant, clear, and etch-free S-PRG.
Top 10 Orthodontic Elastomerics Bands
Patterson ligatures, closed and short chains, latex and latex-free elastics, separators, and a color wheel.
Top 10 Dental Flasks & Presses for Labs
Compare denture flasks, hydraulic presses, and pressure pots — Atlas 44 bronze, Handler Big Boy, and Lang Aquapres.
Top 10 Separating Liquid and Foil in Dentistry
Denture separators: tin-foil substitutes, trial-pack film, real foil, and a debubblizer that is not one.
Top 10 Porcelain Brushes for Dental Labs
Compare Kolinsky, red sable, and synthetic porcelain brushes from Renfert, Dixon, and Patterson for build-up, stain, and glaze.
Dental Hand Scalers: How to Choose
How to choose a hand scaler: sickle or curette, the handle, and how Hu-Friedy, American Eagle, and Nordent differ.
Top 10 Mouth Mirror Heads
Mouth mirror heads by socket, size, and coating: rhodium, black-line, magnifying, and Crystal HD.
Top 10 Periotomes in Dentistry
Compare anterior and posterior periotomes from Premier, Hu-Friedy, Directa Luxator, TBS, and Nordent for atraumatic extractions.
Top 10 Composite & Plastic Filling Instruments
Composite instruments by tip and stick: XTS contact formers, Goldstein, LM-Arte, and XP pluggers.
Top 10 Hand Waxing Instruments in Dentistry
Compare PK Thomas, LeCron, Roach, Akers, and TiN wax carvers for crown, partial, and denture wax-ups.
Top 10 Amalgam Carvers for Dentists
Dental carvers by tip: Ward, Hollenback, discoid-cleoid, and IPC, plus the PFI and Bliss that are for composite.
Top 10 Alginate Impression Material for Dentists
Alginate compared by cue: chromatic phases, Jeltrate Plus antimicrobial, AccuDent XD’s two viscosities, Hydrogum 5’s five-day stability.
Dental Handpieces: How to Choose
How to choose a dental handpiece: air versus electric, high-speed versus slow-speed, and how W&H, NSK, Morita, and Midwest differ.
Top 10 Endodontic Rotary Files
NiTi files by motion and metal: TF Adaptive, K3 versus K3XF, HyFlex CM, and HyFlex EDM.
Top 10 Temporary Materials for Crowns & Bridges
Bis-acryl crown temporaries, a light-cured repair syringe, and preformed DirectCrown shells.
Top 10 Temporary Material for Inlays and Onlays
Inlay temporaries, not crown bis-acryl: IRM, Fermit N, Clip, DuoTEMP, and Tempit by set and eugenol.
Dental Burs: How to Choose
How to choose a dental bur: diamond or carbide, friction-grip or latch, and how Meisinger, SS White, and Midwest differ.
Top 10 Teeth Desensitizers
HEMA liquids, a glutaraldehyde-free bottle, silver diamine fluoride with iodide, chlorhexidine varnish, and calcium oxalate.
Dental Resin Cements: How to Choose
How to choose a resin cement: adhesive or self-adhesive, and how Variolink, RelyX, PANAVIA, and NX3 differ.
Top 10 Dental Etching Gel Brands
Intraoral phosphoric etch from 34% to 40%: Etch-Rite, Kerr, Scotchbond, Caulk, and Super Etch.
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.
Top 5 Acrylic Resin Brands for Denture Repair
Denture acrylics by job: Lucitone 199 heat-cure bases, Rebase II chairside relines, and self-cure repair resins.
Top 5 Core Buildup Materials in Dentistry
Core buildups compared honestly: dual-cure LuxaCore and Clearfil versus cermet and light-cure composites.
Top 5 Dental Cements for Crown & Bridges
Temporary zinc oxide, zinc polycarboxylate, an RMGI liner, self-adhesive resin, and a GI luting cement.
Top 5 Dental Bonding Material
Scotchbond Universal, Single Bond 2, OptiBond Solo Plus, Clearfil SE Bond, and iBond, split 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.
Top 5 Rubber Dam Brands in Dentistry
Latex versus latex-free dams: Hygenic, Fiesta, Flexi Dam, and SmartDam by gauge, scent, and frame.