Practice Tips #63: What's Up With Chucks?
What to look for in your next handpiece purchase: There are a wide variety of high-speed handpieces on the market today. There are a host of features and benefits to...
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Practice Tips #29: Turbine Repair Made Easy
Handpiece breakdowns can be a constant annoyance. Sending your handpiece off for repair can be a costly and time consuming process. Purchasing turbines and installing yourself can save money and...
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Practice Tips #18: Fixing Waterline Clogs
A lack of water flow in your dental unit causes concern, but fixing a waterline clog doesn't have to be stressful. Something we encounter every day are complaints of no...
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Practice Tips #10: Ultrasonic Scalers (Piezo vs. Magnetostrictive)
Ultrasonic Scalers: Piezo vs. Magnetostrictive The debate between piezo vs. magnetostrictive ultrasonic scalers for your practice will cut down labor and are indispensable for a practice. Having an electronic instrument...
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Practice Tips #126: Simple Easy Repairs & Maintenance
Dental equipment repair and maintenance doesn't have to be complicated. We break down what a non-technician can do easily on their own.
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Practice Tips #117: Are You Hearing This?
Are you hearing this? As a dental professional, you may encounter occupational hazards every day. Hearing loss might be one of them. Your hearing might be at risk due to...
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Practice Tips #111: Top 10 Tips! (Part II)
Last month we started our Top 10 Practice Tips list reviewing some of our most popular and most helpful tips. We covered practice tips 10 through 6 and now we finish...
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Practice Tips #76: Being Critical About Sterilization
Infection control is a critical element to practice dentistry, but sterilization confuses practioners. In our last issue of Practice Tips, we discuss the importance of cleaning before sterilization. This refers...
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Practice Tips #11: Types of Delivery Unit Holders
Delivery Unit Holders Most delivery units, dental carts, and assistant’s stations today employ different types of accessory holders. These holders are an integral part of dental work and invaluable in...
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Practice Tips #104: How to Hook Up a Sand Blaster
Setting up an air line for a sand blaster or MicroEtcher is a very simple process. You only need a few parts to get the job done. The location where...
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American Dental Accessories Speaks at Toronto Equipment Maintenance CE
On April 28th, the Toronto East Dental Society (TEDS) hosted an evening CE on dental equipment repair and maintenance. Topics addressed included maintenance of compressors, central vacuum, handpieces, ultrasonic scalers...
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Practice Tips #83: Streamlining Your Sterilization Center
Streamline your sterilization center to keep your dental practice a well-oiled machine with efficient processes. When it comes to sterilizing your dental instruments, the process in place also needs to...
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Practice Tips #16: Dental Tubing Made Easy
Choose the Correct Tubing Nothing is more frustrating than receiving your replacement tubing and finding out you ordered the wrong size. To ensure you order the correct size of tubing,...
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American Dental Supports Humanitarian Efforts in Costa Rica
American Dental Accessories, Inc. recently had the privilege of supporting a humanitarian trip to Costa Rica. Dr. Gayle Fletcher of Willis, TX and Dr. Tommy Murph of Myrtle Beach, SC...
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Practice Tips #129: The Right Equipment for Your New Operatory
Create a new efficient and functional operatory with the required equipment that makes your practice optimal for patient care. Dental technologies have changed and improved over the years, but the...
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Practice Tips #130: Essential Equipment for Your Dental Lab
Dental Lab Equipment Basics So you want to set-up a dental lab at your practice, but don't know the essential equipment needed? It is important to address the needs of...
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Practice Tips #34: Dental Equipment Routine Maintenance
In previous issues of Practice Tips we’ve discussed the importance of routine maintenance to keep your dental equipment running well. We’ve had dedicated issues on handpieces, x-ray processors, and sterilizers. This...
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Practice Tips #35: How to Replace a Water Relay Valve (Video)
Have you experienced a handpiece that has leaked from the water coolant and tried to figure out how to replace it? The most common culprit for these types of leaks...
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Practice Tips #7: O-rings
Replacement of O-rings O-rings are used extensively in dental equipment - everything from your handpiece to your sterilizer uses them. They can be made from a variety of materials and...
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Practice Tips #5: A Brief Introduction to Dental Fittings
What Type of Fitting? Repairing your dental equipment on your own doesn't have to be complicated. Knowing which kind and size of dental fitting you need is a good place...
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Practice Tips #128: Self Contained Water Systems
Providing Water to Your Delivery Unit When you invest in a self contained water bottle system, you are exchanging one water source for another. The line for your city water...
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Practice Tips #82: A Bit About Light Bulbs
Bulbs may seem insignificant in the scheme of things but you realize how important they are when a bulb goes out and you have an operatory that is out of...
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Practice Tips #133: Advantages of RapidHeat™ Sterilization
Advantages of RapidHeat™ sterilization begins with a commitment to patient safety — an essential priority in every dental practice. Given the close contact involved in oral care and the high...
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Quick Tip Tuesday #11: Activation Valves
Today's quick tip is a question we get asked all the time. Handpiece holders on the delivery systems contain activation valves, making it a common replacement part, but how do...
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