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Electric dental handpieces or micro motor dental devices have been popular in the Asian and European countries for years. The convenience of these devices would not let the dentists think twice of preferring these devices to air-driven handpieces. The strange thing is that the United States is encouraging the use of these tiny magical devices only since in the recent years, though they have been using electric lab handpieces for quite some time now. The popularity of these devices is obvious: they cut the tooth like butter, make a lot less vibration and noise, and are much easier to operate.
How Do the Patients Take This New Device?
As mentioned earlier, Eastern countries have shown deftness and have been liberal in the use of micro motor dental devices prior to the Western countries. This implies that some patients were aware of the ease of these modern devices and insisted on their use. While most of the doctors have given thumbs up to the convenience of these devices, even the patients tend to develop a special liking for it. The tooth preparations are now more precise and carried out with lesser noise and vibration, making the overall experience for the patients less frightening and more comfortable. Some patients have been recorded noticing the stark sound difference between the modern and the soon-to-be-obsolete method. The dental team in the United States is optimistic with the device, as the future dentists might not have to suffer from hearing loss due to the high-pitched handpieces.
The Adjustable Bur Speed
Starting with the belt-driven handpieces, the dentists had to deal with the cumbersome and slow technique of the device, yet they still had torque. The switch to air-driven handpieces requires mastering the ‘feather touch’ practice of cutting tooth structure. This allows the handpiece to reach its full speed in order to develop greater torque. Now, with the electric micro motor dental devices, you could adjust the speed with the dial or the foot control. This is where an electric dental device takes over an air-driven handpiece; the highest bur speed of an electric handpiece is 200,000 rpm, which allows the tooth structure to cut at 60W of cutting power. The electric handpiece produces constant torque while the air-driven handpieces could produce only 20w of cutting power. The adjustable bur speed would not slow down in the electric devices no matter what material you are cutting.
Why Dentists Develop a Special Liking Towards These Devices?
The constant speed and torque of the micro motor dental devices are the prime attractions of this modern equipment. The faster preparation with the electric handpiece allows lesser heat build-up at the tooth surface implying the following:
Periodontics: Greater control of the removal of soft and hard tissues.
Oral surgery: Increase accuracy and reduce time while sectioning bone.
Endodontic: Increase accuracy and reduce time in root canal procedures
Implantology: The high torque of the same micromotor could be used to place implants, thereby reducing time and ability.
Treatment of cavities: Increase accuracy and reduce in tooth preparation.
Clinical Benefits of Electric Handpieces
One of the basic advantages of using electric micro motor dental devices is the specific RPM allowing less “bur chatter” and a constant torque. This helps the dentists smoothly carry out the polishing or cutting down various types of tooth structure, as the bur does not bog down or slowdown in the middle of the procedure. The electric micro motor dental devices could also be custom-tailored to use them within various spheres of dentistry such as implant placement, third molar removal, and rotary endodontics. Such clinical versatility attracts more dentists realizing its potential and ease of the treatment.