Spartan KiS® 3D, Left, 75°, 0.5 mm, 3 mm (EMS)

Obtura Spartan · KiS® microsurgical tips, EMS

The buccal tip for the lower right and the upper left, on an EMS thread

A straight tip cannot reach a buccal root end from a buccal window. The KiS® 3D is double angled at 75° for the buccal root of the mandibular right molar and the mesiobuccal of the maxillary left molar, in Obtura Spartan's own words. 0.5mm across, 3.0mm cutting surface, diamond coated. This is the EMS version: the same instrument cut with the M3 x 0.5 thread, which fits an EMS-threaded scaler.

This pack: Obtura Spartan KiS® 3D EMS Microsurgical Ultrasonic Tip, 0.5mm diameter, 3.0mm cutting surface · single tip · diamond coated · supplied non-sterile

›  Working end: 0.5mm diameter, 3.0mm cutting surface, angled 75° and double angled. Water ports.

›  Coating: Diamond coated. Obtura Spartan state the coating reduces the risk of microfractures while allowing better adaptation of filling materials

›  Thread: M3 x 0.5 – fits an EMS-threaded scaler

›  Intensity: Medium to high – Obtura Spartan's guidance for every KiS® tip, with new users starting low to medium

What Obtura Spartan list it for

›  Buccal root of the mandibular right molar

›  Mesiobuccal of the maxillary left molar

›  Double angled at 75°, with water ports

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 0.5. 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.

Do I need the matching tip for the other side? The KiS® 3D EMS and its mirror image are a pair – Obtura Spartan design each for named roots on one side of the arch. Practices doing routine apical surgery usually hold both.

Complete the set-up

Diamond coated · Microsurgical · M3 x 0.5 · Autoclavable 132°C · REF KIS-3E