Grinding Wheels

About grinding wheels

A grinding wheel is the coarse end of the same family, meant to remove material rather than to bring up a gloss. ISO 8325 names grinding instruments alongside burs, cutters and polishers as rotary instruments covered by its test methods.

Grinds material away; the polishing grades come after it.

Sources: Büyükpolat et al. 2025, The effect of polishing pastes on the surface roughness, microhardness, gloss, and color change of resin composites (BMC Oral Health) · ISO 8325:2023, Dentistry — Test methods for rotary instruments