Star dental high speed problems?????? Please help!

[drillnfill3]

Has anyone in or out of dental school had any problems with their highspeeds as far as lubrication and the turbine seizing? Our school dictates what type of highspeeds we use from the start of D school, and our entire class has had problems. Star dental keeps blaming it on non-lubrication on our part, but this is not the case! Ceramic bearings? Non-lube? This is what we were originally told, but........... Anyway, just want to know if we are their new guinea pigs, or if more of you are included. Bye the way below is the email our entire school received.

Course Directors/Students,

In light of recent problems with the Star High-speed handpieces, recomendations from the company include MANDATORY HANDPIECE LUBRICATION FOR EVERY LAB SESSION. Please take the time to insure that your high-speeds are properly lubricated. This will increase the life of your handpiece/turbine.

Thanks

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[crazy_sherm]

Which model did you get? We get 430s at school, supposed to be lubefree (says so on the handpiece and all over the packaging), so the rep never gave us a lesson on how to do it. However, a bunch of my classmates have already had their turbine seize after only 2 or 3 quarters of use. We get them replaced free under warrenty though.

 

[Kashew77]

My class has also had problems with the Star Dental high speed equipment. Since I received the same email, I'm assuming you are in my class at Pitt 2009??

 

[Dentoman]

My experience with star handpieces is just like that, turbine heads quit after about 2-3 months and are so expensive to replace.
Best handpieces ever? W&H, now that is some fine engineering, never a problem!

 

[ItsGavinC]

Gotta love electrics, which require less lubrication. 😀

 

[crazy_sherm]

Gotta love electrics, which require less lubrication. 😀

Are there any disadvantages to electrics? I love how they're so much quieter.