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Dental Retipping ... Dental retipping is basically the rebuilding of an instrument. The process removes the old points and replaced them with new ones while still using the original handle.
- History
The dental retipping process was created by John H Prusaitis of Pru-dent Mfg in 1978.The idea came about when Dr. Jam Buckstein of Colorado, a customer of Pru-dent, was being audited. The customer asked Prusaitis if there was a way to repair the instruments instead of buying new ones since that required sales tax. Prusaitis sat with the idea and developed a way to dissemble an instrument that was, until then, unrepairable.
The retipping process is still being used today by many small businesses, and is a large part of the industry.
References
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