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To my fellow American dentists that have not yet tried KaVo's newest 2005 brushless motor electric handpieces you are really missing out ... KaVo USA will let you try one for a week in your office ... But be forewarned! ... You will buy this system! ..
Europe has been 20 years ahead of us in this area ... Makes the old air rotors feel like a rattley old model T. Plus ... They are made in my and Becky's Heimatland! .... (grin)
Just contact KaVo USA .. Link at the bottom of this page and they will set you up with a representative from your area.
Update .. 1-16-06 ... Again .. Dang! ... I just love these New KaVo Electrotorque handpieces!!! .... Sooo Smoooth and plenty of continuous torque ... I have waited 10 years for these new improvements! Great lighting, fingertip water controls on both high and low speed handpieces .. But .. don't rush into buying the KaVo slow speed handpieces unless you don't already have a couple of the air rotor contra-angle latch ones all ready set up which is still faster than changing out handpieces off the same electric motor. Plus you can always buy them later if you can't live without them ..... The new used KaVo slow speeds are pretty easy to pick up for half price as there are others that found out they didn't need them either after the purchase or after receiving them free as part of a special.
We are still using our high speed air rotor handpieces for small adjustments ... And saving the electrics for preps, finishing bondings and porcelain veneers, etc. ...
Also ... These new KaVo's do not need oiling after they come out of the sterilizer (ChemClave) like our air rotors do. It took me a little while to accept this but when I recently read that KaVo had cycled these individual handpieces thru the sterilization process 35,000 times with out failure I figured we'd go with their recommendations. ..... Also ....KaVo did get the 2005 product of the year award for these amazing handpieces. ...
There are 50% cheaper non KaVo handpieces that will fit these new brushless KaVo motors ... But I bet they won't go through 35,000 cycles ... You get what you pay for! .... Guess I'll have to buy some stock in KaVo too like we already have in Schick/Sirona. ;>)
Facts about the ELECTROtorque plus ... That I am happy to personally confirm.
* One of the shortest & lightest electric motors for great balance and fatigue-free work
* Patented brushless motor:
......o No brushes to exchange (no down time)
......o Whisper quiet, less noise than brush motors
......o Less vibration than brush motors (smoother, more concentric cut)
* Three-year warranty on motor, tubing and control box
* Exclusive! Two programmable speed settings can be individually set by the user
* Digital speed control, forward/reverse operation
* Powerful, constant torque for faster and more precise preps
* Exclusive! Water spray can be conveniently adjusted at the motor
* Provides illumination and water for all procedures
* Light weight
* Speed can be feathered with existing rheostat through entire pre-selected speed range
* Small, easy to install control box—fits in virtually any delivery system
* Unit can be calibrated to existing air pressure of the dental unit for optimized performance
......and the ability to feather motor speed with the rheostat
* Motor speed range 2,000 to 40,000 rpm
* Entire speed range 27 to 200,000 rpm
* Powerful, constant torque for faster and more precise preparations