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  2. Dental drill - Wikipedia

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    Air turbine used in a dental handpiece Correlation between rotational speed and torque Correlation between rotational speed and turbine output power. The turbine is powered by compressed air between 35 and 61 pounds per square inch (~2,4 to 4,2 bar), [1] [2] which passes up the centre of the instrument and rotates a Pelton wheel in the head of the handpiece.

  3. Air abrasion - Wikipedia

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    Air abrasion is a dental technique that uses compressed air to propel a thin stream of abrasive particles—often aluminum oxide or silica—through a specialized hand-piece to remove tooth tissue and decay before being suctioned away, similar to sand blasting.

  4. Dental instrument - Wikipedia

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    With how simple it is to hide it in the hand due to the smaller size of modern day anesthetic syringes, dentists are successfully able to maneuver in a patient's mouth without causing harm to the patient being treated, allowing for a quick insert of the anesthesia followed by the dentist being able move on swiftly to the next task of the dental ...

  5. Dental restoration - Wikipedia

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    Dental composites, commonly described to patients as "tooth-colored fillings", are a group of restorative materials used in dentistry. They can be used in direct restorations to fill in the cavities created by dental caries and trauma, minor buildup for restoring tooth wear (non-carious tooth surface loss) and filling in small gaps between ...

  6. Dental engine - Wikipedia

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    A dental engine is a large chair-side appliance (often including the dental chair itself) for use in a dentist's office. American dentist Josiah Flagg created the first adjustable dental chair in the late 18th century, adapting a wooden chair by adding an instrument tray on one side, as well as a movable headrest.

  7. Tooth decay - Wikipedia

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    A dental handpiece ("drill") is used to remove large portions of decayed material from a tooth. A spoon, a dental instrument used to carefully remove decay, is sometimes employed when the decay in dentin reaches near the pulp. [137] Some dentists remove dental caries using a laser rather than the traditional dental drill.

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