Cleaning and Maintaining

Your Two Striper® Diamonds:

A Systematic Approach to Multi-Use

Diamond Bur Management

for Maximum Cutting Performance and Extended Bur Life

Two Striper Diamonds are premium burs offering premium performance.  "Combined lab and clinical data showed highest rated and best performing diamonds were the Two Striper multi-use diamonds..."1.  Since diamond crystals are permanently attached and protrude from the shank, they can become clogged with tooth debris, especially at the tips and corners where most cutting occurs.  With proper care, Two Stripers will last and last, providing superior cutting.  Here is the proper technique for easy care and optimal performance:

First Step:  Chair-Side Cleaning

The longer cleaning is delayed, the more difficult and time consuming it becomes. Clean-A-Diamond Mini Squares are a convenient way to clean your diamond following tooth preparation.  After cutting a tooth, immediately plunge your diamond, with water-spray on, into the small aluminum oxide stone on your set-up.  This will effectively remove gross tooth particles clogging the diamond tip and abrasive length.  Mini-Squares are autoclavable and reusable.

Note:  Do not use with Two Striper® MFS® Diamonds

Follow With: Ultrasonic Cleaning

Brite Shield enzymatic cleaner cleans, polishes and protects diamond rotary instruments.  Place a scoop of Brite Shield into the ultrasonic unit and add warm water.  Add used/soiled diamonds and run for 5 minutes.  Brite Shield is a highly effective, mildly alkaline, protease enzyme cleaner formulated to remove a wide array of organic and inorganic contaminants.  Combining enzymes, surfactants, and chelators, it breaks down the toughest bioburden in between diamond particles. 

Note:  Do not place anodized aluminum bur holders in enzymatic cleaner solution as discoloration will occur.  Rinse and dry before sterilizing.

Before and After

Ultrasonic Cleaning

Sterilization:  Various methods of sterilization are appropriate, including steam, dry heat, cold liquids and chemical vapors.  Research has shown that all are equally effective methods which do not compromise the useful life of diamond rotary instruments.(2)

Drying/Cooling:  Two Striper Diamonds are manufactured using surgical-grade stainless steel.  Moisture resulting from an interrupted or incomplete drying cycle after sterilization, however, can contribute to discoloration and oxidation of the diamond abrasive.

Diamond Wear Factors:  The natural diamond crystals on Two Striper diamonds will wear over time.  All other diamond brands "wear out" by actually losing diamond; crystals fall off as plating layers fail.  The P.B.S.® bonded Two Striper will hold its cutting efficiency longer than any other diamond.  Routinely using lots of water and a light touch, with the above mentioned protocols and products, will maximize the cutting efficiency and life of your Two Striper diamonds.  All diamond instruments wear preferentially at the tip.  In addition, the tip of the diamond is susceptible to greater vibration and often subject to excessive operator force.  On especially thin-tipped shaped diamonds where there is reduced space for diamond concentration, the cutting load is heavily focused.  Additional water irrigation will improve overall cutting efficiency for multiple preparations.

1. Leading Independent Research Association Report Sept., 2001.

2. Burgess, J.O., et al, Cutting Effectiveness of   Diamonds Subjected to Cyclic Sterilization Methods, J. Prosth. Dentistry, 1991; 66:621-726.