Question about loupes + light

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Hey guys,

Anyone know where I can buy loupes + light with a 1500 dollar budget. Ideally, I would like to purchase Surgitel's Oakley frames/loupes with the LED light, however their website does not quote fees. Any ideas or links?

Thank you
 
you should make you own light. Check out the dentaltown maginfication board. You can do it for about 120-200 bucks. That is far cheaper than the $600 student price.
 
Ultralight Optix has an extremely compact head light on the market as of right now, with a good battery life and decent brightness/focal spot size. It's also the most inexspensive light I've seen on the market, especially if you can get a group of people at your school to order them, there's 40 or so in my class getting them for a price of around $400 with a composite filter and battery pack.

I have the thing and I freaking love it: http://ultralightoptics.com/Index.html
 
Surgitel oakley frames 2.5x + the 3 watt light is about $1900 (about $1000 for loupes and $900 for light), which I bought but just returned.

Designs for Vision has a deal for a great light and 2.5x loupes for $1095.
 
I have surgitel loupes and they are around 1200 for the oakley frames and the ultralight optix light is the bomb. I love it. I doubt you will find a better light than this one.
 
rsweeney said:
<snip> [Surgitel's] website does not quote fees. Any ideas or links?

Thank you
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Your best bet is to contact your local the Surgitel rep to get a group order for a bigger discount and/or talk to them at one of the conventions.
 
Thank you for all the replies. I found a great deal on 2.5 Surgitel (half-jacket Oakley frames) loupes with their newest LED for a combined total of around $1700. I appreciate everyone's input!
 
armorshell said:
Ultralight Optix has an extremely compact head light on the market as of right now, with a good battery life and decent brightness/focal spot size. It's also the most inexspensive light I've seen on the market, especially if you can get a group of people at your school to order them, there's 40 or so in my class getting them for a price of around $400 with a composite filter and battery pack.

I have the thing and I freaking love it: http://ultralightoptics.com/Index.html
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The guy that owns ultralightoptics is a 4th year dental student at USC.
 
At BU our Surgitel loupes 2.5x on Oakley frames cost about $800. We didn't get the lights so I'm not sure about those. Personally I would not recommend Surgitel. I've heard good things about Heine and that they're lightweight.
 
Do a lot of dental students use LED lights in clinic? What's this like at your school? I'm starting in July, and I was just wondering if it would be a good idea to purchase a light and loupes together (even though I'll be in pre-clinic for awhile...).

Why would you not recommend Surgitel?
 
OffAngleHatchet said:
3 lb weight on belt --> mooning your patient and professors in clinic.
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Check and mate sir.
 
Vicarbo said:
Do a lot of dental students use LED lights in clinic? What's this like at your school? I'm starting in July, and I was just wondering if it would be a good idea to purchase a light and loupes together (even though I'll be in pre-clinic for awhile...).

Why would you not recommend Surgitel?
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Almost the whole class of 2010 at Pacific uses loupes and LED head lights.
 
Hey all,
I know it's pricey, but I have the Orascoptic loupes and light, and it was the best investment I've ever made in my life. In preclinic, every little detail counts. Sometimes your head is going to obscure the light that's given in your unit, then you get upet because you cant see, blah blah blah. The loupes are incredible, I dont know how I survived my freshman year without them, but I got them for second year and I'm light years better. The light was the frosting on the cake. The light will follow you wherever you drill, you dont have to worry about anything being blocked out. Especially in fixed, when you're doing crown preps and you have to bend/turn the patient's head just to make sure you dont have any undercuts on the DL line angle of the molar that's hard to see, the light is incredible for that.
 
Vicarbo said:
Do a lot of dental students use LED lights in clinic? What's this like at your school? I'm starting in July, and I was just wondering if it would be a good idea to purchase a light and loupes together (even though I'll be in pre-clinic for awhile...).

Why would you not recommend Surgitel?
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Lights are getting more and more common at UNC. If I had to choose lights or loupes, it would be a tough choice. Don't purchase anything until you start prepping typodonts at least. That way you can make sure you get the correct working length. I think DFV has the best loupes though they aren't as attractive. I have owned DFV and orascoptic flip ups. The flip ups are heavy and annoying IMO.
 
servitup said:
Lights are getting more and more common at UNC. If I had to choose lights or loupes, it would be a tough choice. Don't purchase anything until you start prepping typodonts at least. That way you can make sure you get the correct working length. I think DFV has the best loupes though they aren't as attractive. I have owned DFV and orascoptic flip ups. The flip ups are heavy and annoying IMO.
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Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.
 
definitely wait until you are working with the typodonts in the dummies to figure out if they will work for you in the 45 day trial period. Take advantage of that time to figure out if the mag, the working distance, the type (flip-up or thru-the- lens) are all what you like, because it would suck to be stuck with $1000+ pair of safety glasses.
 
My friend the practicing orthodontist wrote me this:

"I have 2.5x designs for visions. As I remembered they all seemed to be fairly comparable. I know at OHSU they had multiple days where the companies would come in to the school and you could try everything. They also are totally fine with you going through a trial period with any set of loupes so it's really no big deal."
 
I'm the student from USC who invented the smallest and lightest loupe light and owns the company "Ultralight Optics" that the UOP and USC guys are talking about. It feels pretty good that there are fans of my loupe light who like it so much that they're passing the word around even at SDN.

Feel free to contact me at [email protected] , or visit www.loupelights.com if you want to know more details about Ultralight Optics, or Feather Light loupe lights. It's the most affordable (I keep the student budget in mind because I'm one myself), the lightest by far, and the smallest light out there hands down.
 
No joke guys. I go to school w/ Ron and almost everybody at SC's got his loupe lights and everybody LOVES them!

Ultralight Optics Feather Light rock the house. I've had them for two years now and couldn't be happier with them. No doubt about it, they are the best, the lightest, the cheapest, the best quality, the best customer care, etc.. in the market. If you buy loupes, you will inevitably need loupe lights. And when it comes to loupe lights, you just can't beat the Feather Light.
 
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