Endodontic adapter cable for NiTi instruments

Dentflex, based in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo, launches an innovative device that can increase the number of endodontic treatments performed in the public service (especially in the CEOs), shorten the queue and wait time for patients and, consequently, the number of tooth extractions.

The analysis of data from the Ministry of Health, regarding SUS Outpatient Production, between 2015 and 2018, and data from the National Program for the Improvement of Access and Quality of CEOs (PMAQ-CEO) show that patients who need endodontic treatment in the public service, they wait, on average, 3 (three) months to be attended and normally the professionals hold 4 (four) clinical sessions to conclude the treatment in the CEOs.

Endodontic treatment aims to treat teeth that present irreversible pulp pathologies or pulp necrosis with or without periradicular periodontitis involved. Generally, caries is the main cause of these pathologies, which is associated with the symptom of pain. However, in cases where caries progresses, the pain becomes acute and endodontic treatment is indicated. When endodontic therapy is postponed or not performed, the pain can become even more intense, making extraction the only viable alternative for patients who depend on the public health service.

Among the factors that can interfere in the waiting time for the attendance at the CEOs and the number of clinical sessions to conclude the root canal treatment, it is noteworthy, in addition to the lack of professionals and the absence of training programs for these servers, the need for investment in equipment and materials that optimize therapy. Rotational mechanized preparation techniques, using nickel-titanium (NiTi) instruments, are the most used in private offices and clinics because they present greater flexibility, better performance, more predictable prognosis and reduced treatment duration. However, despite the advantages of NiTi instruments when compared to stainless steel, according to data from PMAQ-CEO (2014), only 24% of CEOs in Brazil have rotating instruments available to professionals. This low percentage is due to the need to acquire endodontic motors to drive NiTi instruments and the financial cost to implement this technology in all CEOs.

During the 38th São Paulo International Dentistry Congress - CIOSP, the largest event for product exhibitors in the Latin American segment, which took place from January 29 to February 1, the dental equipment company Dentflex presented an innovative device, called “ED File Adapter” that aims to change the reality of endodontic treatment in the Brazilian public service. The abbreviation “ED” of the device name derives from two words “Engine Driven”, which mean “engine driven”, that is, the free translation from English to Portuguese results in “engine driven endodontic instrument adapter (file) ”. This endodontic adapter cable allows NiTi instruments, which until then were driven only by endodontic motors, can also be manually operated by the professional, with a reduction of up to 90% of the investment required in the acquisition of traditional motors, that is, making their implementation less costly for health managers, and also with the promise of offering the same quality of treatment to patients.

In citing the impact of this innovation for serving the population that depends on the public health service, Prof. Jacy Carvalho Jr., professor in the Department of Dentistry at the Faculty of Health Sciences at UnB, in Brasilia, who participated in the development of the new device, highlighted: “As Endodontics is the specialty of Dentistry with the greatest demand in the CEOs of Brazil and is the one that has the mission of saving human teeth, enabling innovative mechanisms that make it possible to reduce the queues of dental care at SUS, without weighing so much on the public budget and with the same quality of treatment, will allow professionals who work for CEOs from all over Brazil, prevent more people from going through the unpleasant experience of having a tooth extracted, not counting the cost that would be for SUS to rehabilitate these patients.”

Source: DENTFLEX press office.
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