What Are Polishing Discs Used For in Dentistry?

With the demand of oral treatment from more and more people, polishing disc is designed and widely for the brightness and finish of the surface of teeth. Teeth polishing won’t whiten teeth but it really makes the teeth look cleaner and brighter.
Tooth polishing is a mechanical dental procedure and doesn’t cause pain to the patient during the treatment. Small rubber discs, or small rubber cups and polishing paste are needed.
Dentists will select the proper specific abrasion size and level after checking the dental treatment needed for the patient.
For patients who have severe stains, an air-polishing system, a jet of pressurized air and water mixed with an abrasive agent, may be used.
The system of dental finishing and polishing discs is much helpful for your dental restorations.
Before use, a dental finishing disc is often attached to the hand piece with a round mandrel. The coarse or soft finishing discs help the teeth look natural and bright after the dental treatment.

Dental finishing discs can be used to finish and polish with or without polishing pastes for both direct and indirect dental restorations.
A good selection of dental finishing system is significant for treating the crowns and bridges.
Different types of polishing discs are needed and used for different dental treatment.
Polishing discs are part of the finishing and polishing composite restorations that can overall improve the oral environment and decrease the dental incidence.
Polishing discs are color-coded for grit identification and easy selection in the dental sequence.
Polishing discs with 3/8” and 1/2” diameters are widely used. 3/8” disc are for margins and areas near the papilla, and on posterior or pedodontic restorations. The 1/2” disc is ideal for reduction, contouring and polishing of larger surface.