View Full Version : Simple Dental Bur Rotation Direction Question


DrTacoElf
02-12-2006, 04:08 PM
When you are holding the handpiece and about to drill from this vantagepoint (looking down the shank) does the bur rotate clockwise?


Need this answer and can't seem to remember for sure.


Thanks!

rocknightmare
02-12-2006, 04:44 PM
when you using a slowspeed we are told to look straight at the bur. it should rotate counterclockwise in order to *cut* otherwise you are only ... um i forgot what lol but anyways so if the bur is pointed downward then it is clockwise i guess

chinchaz
02-12-2006, 08:21 PM
Clockwise when looking down on it with the bur pointed away from you.