File:Advanced Speeds In Operative Dentistry (IA AdvancedSpeedsInOperativeDentistry).pdf

Published by
BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL
NAVPERS 10481-A

PREFACE
This course was originally developed to familiarize dental officers of the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve with the thinking of the Naval Dental Corps on the use of advanced speed instruments in operative dentistry, and to encourage those not using the equipment to do so. The favorable reception accorded the previous edition of the course justifies our belief that this second edition will serve an equally useful purpose.

Advanced speed equipment is now the "backbone" of most dentists' armamentarium; but since the course was first issued, considerable research has been carried on and important advances have been made in such areas as the effects of high-speed cutting instruments on pulp, dentin, and enamel; the design characteristics of cutting instruments; the effects of sound on the auditory apparatus; and even cavity preparation design. This second edition of the course brings the reader up to date on the following subjects:
1. The development of advanced speeds and the equipment currently available.
2. The physical factors associated with the use of advanced speeds, and the control of these factors.
3. The biological reactions to advanced speeds.
4. The application of advanced speeds to current practice.

As always, the knowledge gained from this course should be applied with scientific caution. Enthusiasm for change should be tempered with a realization that we do not wish to mar the prestige that dentistry has earned by its past solid accomplishments. Laboratory developments and findings should always be equated with clinical procedures that take into account the physical, psychological, and physiological interplay between the patient and the dentist.

Prepared by
U.S. NAVAL DENTAL SCHOOL
National Naval Medical Center
For
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Department of the Navy
First Edition 1963
Second Edition 1967