The challenge lies between the diamonds.

Before a reusable dental instrument can be used again, biological debris must be removed. Cleaning comes before sterilisation.

On diamond-coated burs and specialised instruments such as diamond trephines, that is especially difficult. Tissue and other biological material can cling to the rough surface and become firmly lodged between the diamond abrasive particles.

This problem is well known for both diamond-coated dental drill bits [1] and more specialised instruments such as diamond trephines [2].

BUR-CURE: designed for what gets left behind.

BUR-CURE is specifically designed to remove the mixed, or “composite”, biological debris that firmly adheres to used dental instruments and becomes trapped between diamond abrasive particles.

Developed at the National Institute for Research and Innovation (NIRI) in Latvia, BUR-CURE is a liquid formulation for ultrasonic cleaning, focused on this difficult-to-remove residue.