The FDA's position on utilizing dental burs again as of September 4, 2019 is as follows: Unless the producer has a 510k clearance on file, the FDA considers all diamond-coated burs to be single-use.

What are the disadvantage of Reusable Burs?

According to the CDC, sometimes disposable patient-care items have reusable heat-tolerant alternatives. This is often true for prophylaxis angles, high-volume evacuator tips, impression trays, dental burs, and air and water syringe tips. In many instances, the reusable version of these items is hard to adequately clean, and it may be safer, easier, and more cost-effective to use the disposable version.

All of those little grooves and pits are impossible to clean and sanitize completely. Therefore, even after sterilization, the reusable burs still contain a lot of hidden germs that are exceedingly unsanitary and may significantly raise the risk of patient-to-patient cross-infection.

Carbide burs are very difficult to clean. A microscopic picture of a used inverted cone bur would show all kinds of crap still in the bur. There are too many nooks and crannies that simply cannot be cleaned. We need to ensure that everyone receives the greatest possible infection control as these burs are going to be used on patients, family members, and even ourselves.

What are the advantages of Disposable Burs ?

▶️The first is that you can eliminate the risk of patient–topatient cross–infection with a contaminated item when a bur is not used on a subsequent patient.

▶️The second is that time-consuming cleaning and sterilization procedures can be eliminated.

Do Disposable Burs cost more than Reusable Burs?

❌Many people mistakenly believe that the cost for disposable burs are substantially more expensive than reusable burs.

The risk for cross-infection between patients is much higher when using dental burs on more than one person. Sterilizing and reusing burs actually costs more than using a new one since they take a lot of time to clean and sanitize. Ensuring a fresh, disposable bur is used also reduces the risk of facing a lawsuit or damage to the dental practice’s reputation resulting from cross-contamination.

In addition, B&D Technologies now offers cost-effective disposable burs that lower the cost of purchase to the point that it is more economical to discard them than to sterilize them.

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