by Dr Jack Obaid, Greenwood Dental, North Sydney, NSW
The X-Smart is a rotary endo that is very compact and can be easily moved from surgery to surgery. It is a rechargeable unit that displays a set of bars—just like a mobile phone—to indicate at what level it’s charged. When it hasn’t been used for a period of time, it will shut itself off.
What’s good about it
I enjoy doing root canals and appreciate the small size and maneuverability of this handpiece. It can easily reach upper molars right at the back without too much effort. When using a normal handpiece in the past, I’ve had occasions where it has been extremely difficult to position a file correctly.
The X-Smart has a number of presets for different files. You can also use other systems provided you know the torque and speed settings for that file. By using the presets the chances of a file breaking are very low.
My surgery purchased a number of handpieces because we often have two or three root canals in a row. I can put one through the autoclave while using another one for the current patient.
What’s not so good
The more I do root canals, the more I find myself using different file systems so it would be nice if every preset could be labelled. At the moment they are only numbered so you need to memorise the setting for each file. The handpieces tend to wear more quickly than I expected, making the shank a bit loose. I’ve gone through a couple but that’s a minor point compared to how well the X-Smart works.
Where did you get it
Dentsply.
Hi I got couple of x-smart and they work fine. highly recommended all the best