The Colorado Institute of Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development (CID4) Provides Investment and Management Assistance to Sapphire Technology.
The Denver Post Pitch Engine CID4 (Colorado Institute for Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development)
The correct evolution in dental composite instruments...
SGS® Brand Dental Instruments
Manufactured and Assembled in the US
US Patent Protection
Three years of clinical in-house and independent evaluations have yielded the following perceived benefits:
Designed to be used with all non-flowable composites.
Holds down porcelain inlays, onlays, and crowns during the seat process.
Beneficial in contact forming to avoid open contacts.
The sapphire tip material is NOT prone to any coating degradation or surface pitting!
Developed specifically to overcome the inherent composite adhesion and pullback issues associated with other composite instruments currently at market.
Each instrument in the initial line offering will be provided with a flat tip on one end and a domed tip on the other. The flat tip allows for better composite compaction. The domed tip allows for better composite shaping and forming.
Flat tip
Dome tip
The tips are technologically advanced and optically-clear synthetic sapphire material — highly machined and polished to achieve an exquisite surface finish. Such attention to surface finish significantly reduces composite pullback adhesion.
Given the preference to maintain a dry working environment at all times, the reduced composite adhesion achieved by the SGS® instrument eliminates the need for potentially detrimental wetting agents commonly used to increase metal and plastic instrument tip lubricity.
One magnitude of hardness below diamond, the sapphire tip permits proper placement, manipulation, and condensation of the composite material.
The tips maintain their "like new" condition day in and day out with normal cleaning and care procedures. Proper use and sterilization procedures will not diminish tip performance in any way — cause any pitting or degradation of the sapphire as can happen with metal, plastic, and coated materials.
The following tip sizes will initially be available:
1.5mm outer diameter tip
2.0mm outer diameter tip
2.5mm outer diameter tips and larger depending on market feedback.
Other tip shapes and sizes will also be added to the instrument line for better occlusal forming and shaping; Class V considerations.
The Colorado Institute of Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development (CID4) Provides Investment and Management Assistance to Sapphire Technology.
The Denver Post Pitch Engine CID4 (Colorado Institute for Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development)
Alan Wong, DDS, Lead Inventor
Evaluator Comments
"This is the best instrument I have used for placing composite fillings. The composite doesn't stick to the instrument as it does with metal instruments. There is no pullback effect."
JaShon Hughes, DDS Denver, CO
"The instrument seems to dramatically reduce the creation of voids caused by pullback of the restorative material when using currently available instrumentation."
Bonnie Ferrell, DDS Denver, CO
"I really enjoyed using this instrument. The instrument really made placement of composite restorations easier. The composite stayed in place much better."
Larry Hagen, DDS Cincinnati, OH
"Great instrument!"
Vic Martel, DMD W Palm Beach, FL
"Worked as advertised."
Daren Carlile, DMD Denver, CO