Steel Abrasive Strips (Rubydent)

Description

🛠 Specification (for 4 mm width)

• Width: 4.0 mm.

• Thickness: Multiple thickness options exist (e.g., 0.09 mm, 0.10 mm, 0.15 mm) depending on grit/coating.

• Coating type: The steel strip base is coated with an abrasive grit (e.g., aluminium-oxide “corundum”).

• Sides coated: Comes in single-side (one coated face) or double-side (both faces) variants for 4 mm width.

• Materials: Stainless steel base (flexible strip) + abrasive grit coating.

• Packaging: Often pack of 12 strips per box for 4 mm width.

✅ Key Features & Benefits

• Flexibility & adaptability: The steel strip base allows it to conform to contoured proximal areas in tooth restorations (inter­proximal regions) so you can finish and polish where access is tight.

• Surface smoothing: Designed to produce a smooth restoration surface to reduce plaque accumulation and improve the finish of restorations (composites, acrylics, glass-ionomer, amalgam).

• Durability & resistance: Because of steel base and coated grit, these strips tend to be long-lasting and resistant for the task.

• Various grits available: You can get fine, medium, coarse grit versions depending on how aggressive a finish you need.

• Single or double sided: Double-sided coating gives two abrasive faces for extended use or different directions; single-sided might allow more control when only one face should contact.

📋 Example Use Cases

• Finishing the proximal contact area of a composite filling where you need a narrow strip (4 mm) to reach between teeth.

• Polishing metal/amalgam restorations or acrylic resin edges using a flexible steel strip coated with abrasive grit.

• When you need minimal width to avoid affecting adjacent tooth surfaces (especially in tight spacing).