Dental Handpieces – Basic Maintenance and Repair

Dental Handpieces – Basic Maintenance and Repair

Dental handpieces have evolved in a significant manner throughout the years and remain to be a highly-valuable and vital component of modern dentistry. The basic care, maintenance, and repair of these dental instruments are considered to be essential when it comes to...

Dental Evacuation System – Should You Clean Suction Lines?

The Dental Evacuation System – Should You Clean or Disinfect the Suction Lines of Your Dental Care Product? The dental evacuation system is, perhaps, the single most important dental care product in your entire practice. Today, it is considered to be a necessary...

Understanding Your Curing Light Dental Care Product

In order to truly appreciate the functionality associated with the curing light dental care product within your practice, you must have a solid understanding of the product, know its purpose and intent, and have a working knowledge of the benefits that relate to the...

Identifying Top-Rated Dental Equipment Suppliers

Identifying dental equipment suppliers that are considered to be top-rated may prove to be a challenging task for many dentists; however, it is not an impossible one. When shopping for dental care products for your office, it is imperative to purchase only those that...
Top Handpiece Maintenance Mistakes Dentists Make

Top Handpiece Maintenance Mistakes Dentists Make

There are several handpiece maintenance mistakes made by dental doctors when it comes to their in-office dental care products. If you are a dentist and you own and/or operate an office, it is imperative that you strive to avoid these common maintenance mistakes when...

Dental Handpiece Care and Maintenance

A dental handpiece is no doubt one of the most important tool in a dental practice. It is an expensive, non-disposable dental tool that uses state-of-the art technology that is precision-made for quality and efficient application. The handpiece, its replacement parts...
Midwest Shorty Tech Tip

Midwest Shorty Tech Tip

Here is a tech tip for  Midwest Shorty users from Hughes Dental LLC, a  family owned handpiece repair company that has been a trusted repair center for over 17 years.  If the Midwest Shorty suddenly no longer operates, make sure the forward/reverse valve is fully...
Do I have enough handpieces?

Do I have enough handpieces?

If you have asked this question, you probably already know the answer.  The standard rule for an office with one dentist is 3 handpieces per operatory.  You would have 1 in use, 1 in the autoclave and one cooling for the next patient. A busy multiple Dentist office,...
Spotting Counterfeit NSK Highspeed Handpieces

Spotting Counterfeit NSK Highspeed Handpieces

It has been an interesting week.  I knew there were a lot of bootleg products from China out there but really had not run across any. This week I had 4 counterfeit NSK highspeed handpieces come in for service along with some very dangerous lab burs that would...

KaVo Dental Handpiece Repair and Maintenance

One of the leading dental handpiece manufacturers, KaVo is known for producing high quality dental equipment. Hughes specializes in KaVo dental handpieces and they represent a significant portion of our repair and service work. KaVo Handpiece Maintenance KaVo provides...