How to maintain your dental handpieces

Dental Handpiece Maintenance Guide: Make Your Equipment More Durable

Regular maintenance and care are essential for both people and machines. So, how should dentists maintain the dental handpieces they use?

Structure of Dental Handpieces

Dental high-speed handpieces are mainly divided into two parts: the head and the body, which are usually made of materials such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel or titanium alloy. The head part contains the movement, so the industry usually divides high-speed handpieces into three independent parts: the head, the body and the movement. The specifications of the head are standard, large-head and mini, and the push-type needle replacement design makes it more convenient to use.

Importance of Maintenance

Dental handpieces are high-precision dental instruments and are indispensable tools for dentists in their daily work. Therefore, its maintenance is particularly important. Since dental handpieces are made of metal, it is recommended to handle them with care in daily work, and clean and blow dry after each use.

Professional maintenance steps

Use high-purity professional dental handpiece cleaning lubricant and spray it directly on the second largest hole at the tail of the handpiece. Spray about 5-6 times each time to let the gas evenly blow out the metal chips and impurities remaining in the high-speed handpiece.

Dentists or dental clinics and dental hospitals with conditions can use special dental handpiece cleaning and oiling machines and oiling machine cleaning oil for cleaning and maintenance.

After disinfecting the handpiece, it is recommended to drip 2-3 drops of food-grade high-purity lubricating oil on the bearing to keep the bearing sufficiently lubricated and reduce external friction.

Test results

After a lot of tests, dental handpieces that are regularly maintained have a service life two-thirds longer than those that are not maintained. Therefore, regular maintenance of your dental handpiece can make it more durable and healthy.

With these simple maintenance steps, your dental handpiece will be able to serve you better and extend its service life.