can one of you fine folks please direct me to where I can purchase very fine dental burrs? What I mean by fine is precise.
thank you

william colebank
6/13/2007 1:58:25 PM

lascodiamond.com/dental

Stu Millar
6/13/2007 5:02:24 PM

i purchase all such supplies from patterson dental supply co. do not accept used diamond from your dentist . virtually all the bonded diamond in the critical area on the burr is worn away ! same with the carbides. they may have other uses, but probably not for what you want to do. patterson sells half a jillion sizes/shapes- bonded diamond, carbide, and stone. your dentist would probably let you go thru his or her catalog right there in the office. take yer reading glasses; there's a ton of this stuff shown in the catalog. i don't think they show this stuff on line , but you could try. all their burrs are usually sold in packs of 5.
good hunting

j.d. swartzfeger
6/13/2007 11:13:36 PM

thank you for your response. I will be looking into these

William Colebank
6/26/2007 9:15:33 PM

My dentist only uses his burs 1 time and they go into the trash...
I ask him to save some for my engraving. The diamond burs and others are like new...


Jerry Seymour
6/30/2007 6:45:31 AM

i also found out due to tighter regulations,used dental burs are considered"sharps". as such these are to be disposed of in an approved sharps container along with nonspecific medical waste. if your dentist does give you these materials, don't go around advertizing the fact !!

j.d. swartzfeger
8/8/2007 5:18:11 PM

Hello,

New to forum. Actually new to the whole engraving scene. Never even picked up an engraving tool. I am looking forward to learning this amazing art form. I know posts on this thread are old, but I feel I can help, as I am currently a 3rd year dental student. The best companies for burs in my opinion are Brasseler and Midwest. You can Google each and get to a website for more info. Keep in mind that you might have to wade through other medical/dental product info to get where you need. Here is the links for both sites and their diamond bur series:

http://www.brasselerusa.com/products/display.cfm?type=dmnds&id=1

http://professional.dentsply.com/catalog/diamonds/index.cfm

Please let me know if these links help anyone out. Now, if someone could point me in the right direction with regards to engraving. What do I need (within a dental students budget), who can I contact for more info, or any other words of wisdom would be greatley appreciated. Thanks for all your time.

Ross Penland
11/5/2007 8:36:08 PM

Ross,
Welcome to the forum and the world of engraving.
You are in a great place to start.... join the FEGA for a lot of support and information and a world class magazine. Not many $ required.
And see if you can still get a FREE copy of the "How To" book.
It's worth more than the whole cost of membership alone.

Also check igraver website and go to Sam Alfano's Cafe forum.
There is one member there, real nice guy, Doc Mark a practicing dentist.
You guys might have a lot in common.
Also tons of pictures, tutorials and great information available for free.

For tools check with Ngraver, GRS tools, Steve Lindsay engraving.
There are some good schools available for short term mostly one week classes. You will be so far ahead with one of these, up and running fast.

GRS, Ray Cover, Brian Marshall, Johnny Weyerts and the NRA all have classes. I'm sure I'm forgetting some good ones too.
Quite a few of the top engravers also give private instruction.

Anyway, welcome to the engraving family, we are pleased to make a new friend.

Best of luck with both careers, John B.

John Barraclough
11/6/2007 10:20:42 AM

You might also check with your dentist (or the dental assistant) to see if they have any sample packs of the burrs. My dentist gets free samples all the time from the same company of the same burrs and gave me a whole bunch of them (all new). Now if I could just get some control of my rotary tool. :-)

Kevin Monahan
11/6/2007 10:30:25 AM

Hi Ross and welcome.

John B has given you some good advise about the schools. They are a good idea and will help you out a lot.

Engraving is a huge subject so don't be afraid to ask as many questions as you like................we all did the same when we started out.

Cheers
Andrew

Andrew Biggs
11/7/2007 6:04:33 PM