Paper Points · RECIPROC® Minima R20 · 180
Step 11 of Dentsply's own Minima sequence reads: dry the canal with dedicated absorbent paper points. Not any paper points – dedicated ones. A Minima preparation is deliberately conservative, and a generic .02 point of the same ISO tip size behaves differently in it: too slender to wick properly, or binding coronally before the tip ever reaches length. The R20 point is made for the canal the R20 file leaves.
This pack: 180 × absorbent paper points, RECIPROC® Minima R20
Made by Dentsply Sirona
| Matched to R20 | Sized to the shape the corresponding Minima file prepares, so the point reaches length instead of stopping short |
| Manufacturer's own step | Dentsply's published Minima procedure calls for dedicated absorbent points before obturation – this is their instruction, not our recommendation |
| 180 per box | You use several points to dry one canal and one cone to fill it, which is why the point box is three times the cone box |
› Prepared with RECIPROC® Minima R20 – the file these points are sized against.
› Then fill with ConformFit™ GP RM20 – the matched cone, moulded to the same preparation.
› Seal with NeoSEALER® EZFlo – its 29 ga tips are built for exactly this width of canal.
Why not just use my usual .02 points?
You can, and plenty do. But the point of a matched range is that the paper reaches the same place the cone will occupy. If your point stops 2 mm short, you have dried the middle third and guessed at the apex.
Are RECIPROC® blue points the same thing?
No. Blue and Minima cut different shapes. Use the points matched to the file you actually used – that is the entire reason both ranges exist.
Which size do I need?
The one matching your final file – R25 points, R35 points, R45 points, or the assorted box.
RECIPROC® Minima Paper Points R20 · dedicated absorbent points · matched to the R20 preparation · 180 per box · Dentsply Sirona · REF MSTRMPPM00020
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