The Different Types of Dental Burs(Buyers Guide)

The Different Types of Dental Burs(Buyers Guide)

Jul 23,2021

There are many kinds of dental tools. Burs also has many shapes and sizes. Therefore, we will confuse how many types are there in the dental industry. I will introduce you to three types of burs.
First, Dental burs, as the name suggests, the tiny drill pieces for teeth! Dental burs are used in conjunction with the dentist’ s handpiece for cutting away hard tissue such as tooth and bone.

Diamond Burs:

Diamond burs are common tools in dental, which are used with high speed handpieces. That means they are most commonly available as a friction grip shank. Furthermore, diamond is the hardest material available. It can be used to grind away tooth tissue which usually is enamel. The grinding motion of a diamond bur leaves a rough surface.
 
Description: The manufacturer select the sharp emery particle, with the advantages of wear resistance, high hardness. They also use precision NC lathe machining and Self-developed technology to multi-layer  emery particle for every bur.
 

Carbide Burs:

Carbide burs are made of tungsten carbide, a metal that is extremely hard (about three times stiffer than steel) and can withstand high temperatures. Sometimes, many people would misspell carbide burs to carbine burs. Carbide burs can retain a sharp cutting edge and be used many times without becoming dull because they have the advantage of harness.
Dental Carbide Burs  dental burs
Description: The high precision machine was chosen to manufacture this type of the dental carbide burs. Second, this whole body of this product is made of YG8 steel. You could also get the customization to get your ideal carbide burs.

This type of burs are mostly used for excavating and preparing cavities, drilling old fillings, finishing cavity walls, finishing restoration surfaces, finishing crown preparations, contouring bone. The Carbide burs also could be used in removing impacted teeth, and separating crowns and bridges. Carbide burs could be dental burs for crown preparations.

 

Steel Burs:

Steel burs provide our dentist an economical solution. Compared with the carbide burs, the steel burs are softer, more resistant to chipping and breaking. However, the steel burs also has disadvantage. They blunt quicker than the carbide burs.The steel burs are the type of dental burs for cavity preparation and dentine removal.
 

Conclusion:

Different types of dental burs have their own different function. Furthermore, different flute angles also create different cutting characteristics, letting each bur appropriate for a particular task, which is suitable the dentist different needs. If you could also ask dental burs manufacturers question to find the suitable dental burs.