Dental Drill Bits

For Dental Professionals & High-Speed Handpieces

• What you already know: What are dental drill bits, and how are they useful for dental professionals?
• What dental drills and dental drill bits do we offer at Meisinger?
• Why choose Meisinger dental products, in particular Meisinger dental drills?

What You Already Know: What Are Dental Drill Bits, and How Are They Useful For Dental Professionals?

Dental drill bits are basically the dental burs that attach to dental instruments, such as low-speed handpieces or high-speed handpieces. They are used for cavity preparation and creating a rough surface, as well as the cutting, grinding, contouring, shaping, finishing, and polishing of bone, tooth structures, and hard tissues in a patient’s mouth. During implant preparation dental procedures, they also play a crucial role, shaping and removing dense bone, whilst also harvesting bone for grafting and refining the shape of the implant site. This helps to create a stable implant socket that enables implant placement to be smooth and efficient.

There are many different types of dental drill bits on the market, but there are important considerations for dental professionals when choosing the right products for their dental surgery and dental procedures.

• For example, your desired shank diameter, grit size, and whether you want minimal vibration, as well as whether you are using low speed or slow-speed handpieces or high-speed handpieces, etc., will determine the type of dental bur and drill bits you choose.
• Dental drills and burs are also made from different materials, with diamond burs, tungsten carbide burs, and steel burs being the most common types. Material is important, as soft metals and harder materials, as well as finer grits and denser grits, will all perform differently.
• Different materials will also perform differently with restorative materials used to treat tooth decay or lost or missing teeth. This is because restorative materials are made using different materials, ie., resin composites, lithium disilicate, etc. Therefore, these are all important considerations for dental professionals.
• Dental burs and dental drill bits are used for orthodontics and endodontics, which means that it makes sense that there are both orthodontic and endodontic burs on the market. They also come in different shapes, including a straight fissure, round end, inverted cone bur, cylinder flat end bur and acrylic polisher bur, as well as FG burs (friction grip), taper fissure burs, torpedo burs, polishing burs etc., depending on your exact dental procedures, contact points and desired endodontic access (this includes whether contact points are at a right angle or contra-angle.

What Dental Drills and Dental Drill Bits Do We Offer at Meisinger?

Regarding dental drill bits, we offer tissue-level bits (Oktagon, TL RP Drills (Reg Platform), and TL WP Drills (Wide Platform)) and bone-level bits (BL NC/RC Drills and BLT Drills). For use in both tissue- and bone-level procedures, we also offer the TL/BL Drills, a range that includes round burs, twist drill dia, and pilot drill dia shapes. These dental drill bits are designed to work effectively and accurately, in accordance with desired implant placement. It is important to note that all of our dental drills are typically either carbide or stainless steel and work with all standard electric high speed handpieces. We also offer a wide range of dental drill and implant accessories to aid dental procedures.

Why Choose Meisinger Dental Products, In Particular Meisinger Dental Drills?

• Meisinger dental drill bits offer expert precision, high quality and reliability that aid dental professionals and make them an asset to any dental surgery.
• Since its beginning in 1888, Meisinger has become one of the world’s leading and most trusted manufacturers and innovators of high-tech, rotary instruments.
• All Meisinger dental burs are composed of a robust stainless steel body coated with diamond grains and a shank. This design has been created using the modern galvanisation process, which ensures the diamond coating is safe and durable. This protects your dental burs from wear and tear and ensures patient comfort.

For more information about our available dental drill bits or any of the dental products and dental equipment we stock and distribute, please click here to contact us. One of our team members will be happy to help. For sales enquiries, please call J&S Davis on 01438 747344.