Dental Tribune U.S. Edition

Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | February 2013 a15Industry News Ad By Komet USA Staff The Komet® brand is inter- nationally recognized for its precision-engineered rotary dental instruments. According to the company, the name has long been associated with attention to design and construction detail, high manu- facturing standards and integrated instrument systems to meet the daily treatment requirements — and more complicated patient-care challenges — facing general and specialist prac- titioners. With a 90-plus-year history of melding tradition with innovation and superior products with respon- sive customer service and direct sales, the company is known not only for its comprehensive range of diamonds and burs but for its endodontic in- struments and post-treatment restor- ative options. Komet has been in the endodontic-instrument business for years, producing, among other items, stainless-steel hand files, K-files and Hedstroem files, which continue their usefulness and popularity, as well as a selection of root-post systems to facili- tate post-treatment restoration. Speed, ease, economy, safety Seeking to address the growing num- ber of root-canal cases now treated in U.S. general-dental practices, Komet closely examined the challenges of speed, ease of use, economy and safety and tasked its R&D, design, engineer- ing and manufacturing specialists with meeting these requirements. The need for endodontic services has expanded in line with demographic shifts, and, within the dental commu- nity, general practices now provide al- most all types and levels of treatment. General dentists are referring less to specialists, and general dentists who previously focused exclusively on cos- metic dentistry or family dentistry, for instance, have moved from being gen- eralists with a specialty to being true generalists. Komet’s objective with the develop- ment of the F360™ files was to address the needs of approximately 90 per- cent of the endodontic cases general practitioners encounter among their patients and to appeal to the practice style of U.S. dentists. Toward that end, the Komet team began with the idea of minimizing the number of files re- quired for endodontic treatment, seek- ing to offer some distinct advantages over other root-canal preparation sys- tems. Now constituting the heart of the Komet endodontic-instrument sys- tems is one of Komet USA’s latest and most innovative product launches: the F360™ root-canal preparation sys- tem, a system Komet calls “undeni- The Komet F360 presterilized, single-use files prevent cross- contamination; eliminate the need to clean, disinfect and sterilize the instruments; and reduce the risk of fracture caused by cyclic fatigue. Photo/ Provided by Komet ” See KOMET, page A16 Komet USA’s F360 root- canal system simplifies treatment Chicago BOOTH NO. 4829