AIRFLOW® POWDERS

What's Fact, What's Fiction?

As dental professionals, it is simply amazing how many different instruments, materials and chemical components surround you in your room. Yet, you know exactly when and how to use a particular restorative material, a certain bur or a specific curette. But it is the same with air-polishing powders?

Dr Annamaria Sordillo discusses in this webinar what you need to know about powders, what is available on the market today and why powders’ chemical and physical properties are important to you and your patients.

Powder Comparison

  AIRFLOW Plus Powder Alu Bottle

POWDER NAME

 PLUS CLASSIC

INGREDIENT

 Erythritol Sodium Bicarbonate

FLAVOUR

 CPH or CHX Neutral, Lemon, Mint & Cherry

PARTICLE SIZE

 14µm 40µm

USAGE AREA

 Supra & Subgingival Supragingival

STAIN REMOVAL

 Light - Moderate Heavy

Correct Usage of EMS Powders

AIRFLOW Powder Comparison

What happens after using Air Polishing for 5 seconds...

Using Air Polishing Powder

Osspraycalcium Sodium Phosphosilicate

Effect on Human Enamel

OSSPRAY CALCIUM SODIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE1

Effect on Glass Ionomer

EMS SODIUM BICARBONATE3
AIRFLOW Plus Powder Alu Bittle

Using EMS AIRFLOW® PLUS Powder

Erythritol

Erythritol on Human Enamel
PLUS powder
CLASSIC Powder_transparent

Using EMS AIRFLOW® CLASSIC Powder

Sodium Bicarbonate

Sodium Bicarbonate on Human Enamel
Sodium Bicarbonte Ionomer

Using Non-EMS Powders with your AIRFLOW® Device

When using so-called "compatible" powders or copy tips from third parties you can damage your patients' teeth as well as your EMS handpieces.

All EMS instruments, handpieces and the NO-PAIN electronic module were developed and made by EMS to work with each other.

See what can happen to your AIRFLOW® handpiece if using a non-EMS powder.

Please note that if your device or handpiece is damaged due to non-EMS powders or tips, your warranty will be void and a repair cannot be guaranteed.

Experience the Power of

PLUS Powder in Action!

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AIRFLOW Plus Powder

RESOURCES

Safety Data Sheets

PLUS Powder (CHX)

CLASSIC Powder

Biofilm Discloser

Scientific Evidence

Erythritol Powder:

Broad implications for creating better oral health

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Meet the Maker

One PLUS one equals three!

Interview with PLUS Powder creator Dr Marcel Donnet

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References

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  12. Schmidt KE, Auschill TM, Heumann C, et al. Influence of different instrumentation modalities on the surface characteristics and biofilm formation on dental implant neck, in vitro. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2017;28(4):483‐490. doi:10.1111/clr.12823
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