title: The dental handpiece: technology continues to impact everyday practice.
abstract: One of the most fundamental devices used in dentistry, the handpiece can enhance the efficiency of everyday dental tasks. Through the years, handpieces have gradually been redesigned and upgraded to become the highly accurate and sophisticated tools they are today. Technological advances continue to improve these indispensable instruments.
authors.affiliation: Private Practice, Charlotte, North Carolina; Diplomate, American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D003754:Dental High-Speed Equipment / Q000639:trends*; D004560:Electricity; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans