I imagine that every dentist has at one time or another caught a plastic removable appliance (flipper) on a rag wheel and spun it into oblivion.

It's often challenging to get a high shine on difficult areas on a denture base or flipper.

Brasseler makes a felt wheel for polishing Bis-Acryl provisionals; however, I've found that they also work great on denture base material.

The next time you're unable to use a pumice/rag wheel to smooth the rugae on a denture or the plastic around a wrought wire clasp, try using one of these.

You may never use the rag wheel again.

MaryAnne Salcetti, DDS, PC, Spear Education Visiting Faculty [ www.maryannesalcettidds.com ]

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Commenter's Profile Image Michael Fox
June 15th, 2012
"Flipper"? Really? Let's all use the proper terms for the things we provide to our patients. I think we all understood what was meant by 'a plastic removable appliance'.
Commenter's Profile Image Tom Roberts
June 18th, 2012
Hey Mary Anne, thanks for the post. I tried it today on a flipper, I mean a plactic removable appliance (sure glad that got corrected, hate to use the wrong terms) and it worked fantastically. My assistant used it on another plactic removable device, formerly called a denture, and she's loves you for your brilliant idea, even though your terms are a bit questionable.