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Top Isolation Tools Every Dentist Should Try
Precision leads. Confidence follows.
For dental practices, small details add up. Every day, product choices make a difference in operatory workflow, procedure outcomes, team dynamics, infection control, and patient comfort. Effective isolation is one of those details.
Isolation is critical to most procedures, so identifying the challenges with proper isolation and the right devices to address those concerns increases confidence and productivity for the dental team and comfort for the patient.
Let’s take a look at some of the problems, solutions, and which products your practice won’t be able to live without!
In this article:
The Problem: It is difficult to utilize instruments and provide high-volume suction while retracting tissue – all at the same time.
The Solution: An isolation product that allows clinicians to work independently.
The Answer: Mr. Thirsty®
Mr. Thirsty® allows you to isolate, retract, and evacuate during almost any procedure hands-free.
- Efficient suction creates a dry and ideal working environment
- Connects directly to HVE valve
- Built-in bite block
- Ease patient anxiety
- If needed, it can be trimmed for a custom fit
- Ideal for preparation of crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays and veneers, composite/amalgam, sealants, and ultrasonic scaling
- Single use
The Problem: The potential for aspiration or ingestion of foreign objects is ever present.
The Solution: An isolation product that protects the back of the throat and airway when patients are laying back.
The Answer: Airway Armor®
Airway Armor® guards against aspiration and ingestion of foreign objects with ease, while increasing patient confidence and comfort.
- Patient protection and comfort
- Easy placement and removal
- Full mouth accessibility
- Ideal for insert of crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays and veneers, endodontics (if dental dams are not an option), extractions, implants, orthodontics
- Single use
The Problem: Hygienists sometimes feel they need a third hand to be able to hold the mouth mirror, the scaler, and provide suction.
The Solution: An isolation product that allows hygienists to have hands-free, low-volume suction.
The Answer: Pink Petal™
Pink Petal™ is a comfortable attachment for use on any saliva ejector. It allows the hygienist to have hands-free suction by simply “resting” Pink Petal™ between posterior teeth and cheek.
- Holds saliva ejector at the back of the mouth
- Protects and retracts cheek
- Patient doesn’t feel like they are drowning
- Easily slides on the saliva ejector
- Soft material for patient comfort
- Ideal for scaling and root planing, and placing sealants and fluoride varnish
- Single use
The Problem: Digital dentistry necessitates a dry environment, as moisture will impair the quality of the image.
The Solution: An isolation product that creates a dry environment, while retracting the tongue.
The Answer: Lingua-Fix®
Lingua-Fix® provides a dry work area, holding tongue in a steady position to protect from injuries. The compact size allows for room in oral cavity for the digital scanner to move.
- Hands free low-volume evacuation
- Inserts directly into saliva ejector valve
- Simple operation, easy to place and remove
- Comfortable, no sharp edges or corners
- Adjustable chin lock to hold the device in place
- Ideal for digital imaging, scaling and root planing, sealants, and seating crowns
- Single use and pre-assembled
The Problem: Dental dams can be cumbersome and difficult to place.
The Solution: A dental dam that is pre-framed, making for quick and easy placement.
The Answer: Insti-Dam®
Insti-Dam® features a built-in flexible frame, with a pre-punched hole that makes positioning easy
- Pre-punched hole helps eliminate tearing(additional holes can be punched)
- Non-threatening and comfortable for patient
- Compact design fits outside patient’s lips
- Built-in flexible frame allows easy access for x-rays without removal
- Latex-free
- Ideal for endodontics and restorative procedures
- Comes in two variations.
- Relaxed-Fit Insti-Dam works well for hard to reach posterior teeth
- Insti-Dam Latex-Free works well for anterior teeth
- Single use
The Problem: Tissue grabbing and irritation caused by the saliva ejector.
The Solution: An isolation product that is able to improve patient comfort and range of suction.
The Answer: SE Cushions
The SE Cushion is used in conjunction with the saliva ejector, prevents tissue grabbing and irritation, and increases patient comfort.
- Improves the range of suction
- Quiets noise of suction
- Prevents tissue grabbing and tissue irritation
- Increases patient comfort
- Fits standard saliva ejector
- Ideal for prophys, whitening, orthodontics, and fits nicely under a dental dam to prevent fluids from pooling
- Single use
Zirc is Your Complete Isolation Partner
We want your patients to be safe and comfortable, and for your dental team to be safe, happy, and efficient. Whether you’re looking for improved suction, superior airway protection, increased patient comfort, or just to try something new – we’ve got you covered.
For more information on Zirc products and how they can help your practice, visit our website.
