Dental Burs

Dental burs play an important role in dental treatment and procedure. Dental diamond burs can be used to cut, grind, and remove hard and soft tissue. With these dental burs, it is possible to do dental work fast and efficiently.

How many types of dental burs are there?

When it comes to types of burs, they can be divided into five categories based on different materials. The burs carbides are mostly used to do the cutting work during dental implant surgery, such as preparing the teeth for dental fillings and shaping the bones before other procedures. Also, they are ideally suited to crown removal during endodontic procedures. Different carbide burs are used for different purposes. For example, surgical burs are a kind of carbide rotary cutting instruments that are designed for extraction and root canal procedures. They are ideal for procedures in which greater length and visibility are required. The 330 burs are short pear dental carbide burs, 557 burs are flat-end cross-cut straight fissure dental carbide burs, and 245 burs are long pear dental carbide burs. Diamond burs are more durable than other dental burs because they are made of harder materials. Such burs are suitable for polishing teeth when smooth cutting or extreme precision is required. Acrylic burs are one of the most commonly used dental burs in the laboratory. They are used to adjust acrylic materials, partials, dentures, custom trays, as well as plaster, stone, and metal materials. Ceramic burs can also be used to adjust acrylic pieces because ceramic does not conduct as much heat. Steel burs are used to prepare a tooth for cavity treatments.

Benefits of dental burs

The diversification of dental burs makes it easy and convenient to do many different dental procedures. Carbide burs dental are one of the most abundant products in the dental warehouse, and there are more than 5,000 types of dental burs, which have different shapes and sizes. What's more, dental burs are safe to use. Since one dental bur is used for one patient, it provides better hygiene and reduces infections in patients and medical staff.