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<\/p>\n10 Interesting Facts About the Dentist\u2019s Drill<\/p>\n
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1 \u2013 There are two main types of dental drills: the high-speed and the slow-speed.\u00a0 The high-speed drill rotates around 250,000 RPM.\u00a0 That means it spins around more than 4,000 times each second!<\/p>\n
Even the relatively slow dental drill rotates at about 8,000 RPM.\u00a0 By comparison, this DeWalt Drill is three times slower with a top speed of 2,500 RPM.(low speed handpiece<\/a>)<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 After using the dental drill on your tooth for 30 seconds, your dentist is subjected to as much bacteria as they would be had you sneezed right in their face (Source).\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the reasons most dentists wear face masks.<\/p>\n 3\u00a0 \u2013 The high-speed dental drill shoots out water as it spins, as you can see in the photo above.\u00a0 If it didn\u2019t, the friction would cause your tooth to get so hot during a filling that it could possibly damage the nerve inside your tooth.<\/p>\n 4 \u2013 Many dentists now refer to the dental drill as a handpiece to make it seem more friendly and enticing.<\/p>\n 5 \u2013 The dental drill has to withstand the rigors of sterilization after every use, which means it gets heated to 250\u00b0 Fahrenheit with pressurized steam for at least 15 minutes.<\/p>\n 6 \u2013 The very first dental drill appears to have been a bow drill used by an ancient civilization about 9,000 years ago.<\/p>\n 7 \u2013 The drill bits that dentists use are made of tungsten-carbide.\u00a0 Some have blades to cut teeth, like in the photo below, and others are coated with diamonds to give a sandpaper-like smoothing effect (see photo below).<\/p>\n 8 \u2013 As recently as the early 20th century, many dentists used drills that were powered by a pedal that the dentist would pump with his foot.<\/p>\n 9 \u2013 The distinct shrill sound that the high-speed dental drill makes can be a major factor in people\u2019s fear of the dentist.\u00a0 Even for those who don\u2019t have dental fear, the dental drill\u2019s noise can be very unpleasant.<\/p>\n 10 \u2013 Dental drills can be expensive, with many costing over $1,000.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot more expensive than your average home-improvement drill.<\/p>\n See more:<\/strong>https:\/\/www.oyodental.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10 Interesting Facts About the Dentist\u2019s Drill 1 \u2013 There are two main types of dental drills: the high-speed and the slow-speed.\u00a0 The high-speed drill rotates around 250,000 RPM.\u00a0 That means it spins around more than 4,000 times each second! Even the relatively slow dental drill rotates at about 8,000 RPM.\u00a0 By comparison, this DeWalt … Continue reading 10 Facts About the Dental Drill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-handpiece"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinadentalsupplier.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}