Performance and Internal Flow of a Dental Air Turbine Handpiece

An air turbine handpiece is a dental abrasive device that rotates at high speed and uses compressed air as the driving force. It is characterized by its small size, light weight, and painless abrading due to its high-speed rotation, but its torque is small and noise level is high. Thus, to improve t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yasuyuki Nishi, Hikaru Fushimi, Kazuo Shimomura, Takeshi Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1826489