AerosoLESS® Technology

Tips and Adapter Types

Tip Sizes

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Important considerations:

  •      • High operating pressures can be somewhat compensated for by holding the nozzle further way from the target surface, but that is left to the discretion and capability of individual practitioners.
  •      • It's important to recall that the standard foot pedal control is a rheostat device that controls air flow and not air pressure. Air pressure is set at the chair using pressure regulators. Since the SmarTip device nozzle aperture is very small, a rheostat device is not sensitive enough to control the air flow to the tips.
  •      • While your dental compressor generates high pressure supply of 80-125psi (or higher), every chair has at least one pressure regulator (usually at the base or in the instrument tray) that reduces the air pressure supplied to the handpiece connections. Some chairs have individual pressure regulators for each handpiece connection, while others have individual flow controllers for each handpiece connection. On most chairs, a Quick Disconnect coupler provides high pressure access to pressure coming directly from the dental compressor. For your rotary handpieces, your chair is usually setup to 40psi with the air flowing through the handpiece connection -- this is referred to as dynamic air pressure. However, if flow is restricted to the handpiece connection, the pressure spikes much higher as the air flow is converted into potential energy -- this is referred to as static pressure. Since the SmarTip device nozzle aperture is very small and dynamic pressure measurements are dependent on the tubing diameter, static pressure is the best means of defining the pressure for air-particulate devices.
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    • 2/3/4/5/6 Hole Adapters: Our adapters require only chairside air supply and are directly compatible with all 4/5/6 hole adapters while older style 2/3 hole connections require an additional converter which is sold seperately ($25). The following three adapter models are available:
      •      ›  Universal Adapter - A pass through coupler that presents to the SmarTip device the chair pressure.
      •      ›  Pressure Regulating Adapter - A coupler that regulates the chair pressure down to 40psi.
      •      ›  Dual-Setting Adapter - A coupler with a lever actuator that toggles between chair pressure and regulated 40psi.

    • KaVo, Sirona, W&H, Bien-Air, NSK Adapters: We accommodate your favorite KaVo, Sirona, W&H, Bien-Air, NSK chairside connection with an easy to use adapter. It's important to keep in mind that in most cases these chairside connections are provided as converters that mount over your 2/3/4/5/6 hole connection. Therefore, it is sometimes beneficial and cost effective to remove this converter and use the 2/3/4/5/6 hole adapters directly, especially if a SmarTip adapter is dedicated to the chair.
    • Quick Disconnect Adapters: These quick disconnect adapters are finger actuated and are useful if

      •      › a higher pressure connection is needed for ProphyMaster and PrepMaster procedures,
      •      › when a chairside connection is not available, or
      •      › pressure regulation is required without impacting the chair pressure setting.

      All quick disconnect adapters come with an adjustable pressure regulator on the connection side. When ordering a quick disconnect adapter for EtchMaster applications the pressure regulator is preset to 40psi, when using as a ProphyMaster the pressure regulator is preset to 65psi, and when using as a PrepMaster adapter the pressure regulator is preset to 80psi.