Spartan BUC® 1 The Cutter, 0.6 mm, 22 mm

Obtura Spartan · BUC® ultrasonic tips

Refine the access cavity without ditching the chamber floor

Cutting line angles, chasing a calcification, opening an MB trough – with a bur you are working blind against the chamber floor. The BUC® 1 is Obtura Spartan's general access-refinement tip: diamond coated, 0.6mm across, with a rounded end that Obtura state eliminates clefts and ditches in the pulp chamber floor.

This pack: Obtura Spartan BUC® 1 "The Cutter" Ultrasonic Tip, 0.6mm diameter · single tip · diamond coated · supplied non-sterile

›  Working end: 0.6mm, fine grit, diamond coated. Water port at the working end.

›  Thread: M3 x 0.6 – the standard BUC® thread

›  Intensity: Medium to high – Obtura Spartan's guidance

What Obtura Spartan list it for

›  Cutting and refinement of line angles

›  Chasing calcifications

›  Smoothing access walls

Supplied non-sterile. Reprocessing is validated to ISO 17664-1 and ISO 17665-1: pre-clean in a pH-neutral ultrasonic solution, dry, then prevacuum steam at 132°C for 4 minutes.

Asked before buying

Will it fit my ultrasonic unit? Obtura Spartan make the range for scalers using M3 x 0.6 threading, and offer every tip again as the E series with M3 x 0.5. This one is M3 x 0.6. Check your unit's manual first – they warn that forcing a tip with the wrong thread damages the device. The tip wrench seats it properly.

How long does a tip last? Obtura Spartan state the tips were tested to 250 reprocessing cycles to ISO 18397 without loss of performance or corrosion – but end of life is set by wear in use as well, so inspect each tip during cleaning and retire damaged ones. They also ask for very light pressure: small-diameter tips are subject to breakage at any time.

Complete the set-up

Diamond coated · Fine grit · M3 x 0.6 · Autoclavable 132°C · REF 930-041