Shape
PC2 Point, 12/pk
BP1 Bullet Point, 6/pk$50.88
PC2 Point, 12/pk$52.95
Grit
Coarse
AcryPoint PC2: 3 items, 3 Grit options. Select the size and grit to see the exact bur, its ISO number and part number.
It is specifically engineered for making precise adjustments to acrylic resin denture material, facilitating contouring and refinement. This point features a coarse grit, identified by its dark gray color, and is designed for use with HP handpieces. Each pack contains 12 points, providing a supply for dental professionals and lab technicians who require efficient and controlled material reduction on acrylic dentures.
Product
- Manufacturer
- Shofu
- Manufacturer #
- 0423
- Item code
- 102-0323
Catalog path
- Marketplace
- Laboratory
- Category
- Lab Burs & Rotary
- Subcategory
- Finishing & Polishing Wheels & Points
Ordering
- Status
- In stock
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Questions
What is Shofu AcryPoint Acrylic Polishers used for?
AcryPoint PC2: 3 items, 3 Grit options.
Which shape and grit options are on this page?
This page carries 2 shape options: BP1 Bullet Point, 6/pk, PC2 Point, 12/pk. This page carries 3 grit options: Fine, Coarse, Medium. Pick one to see its price, part number and stock.
When does it ship?
In-stock orders placed before 3 PM ET ship the same day; anything not on our shelf ships within 3 business days.Ground shipping is free over $10.
About acrylic polishers and trimmers
Acrylic polishers and trimmers are made for denture acrylic, which a published study finished with carbide burs, sandpaper and rubber wheels. In a published denture study the acrylic was finished with tungsten carbide burs, then sandpaper on a mandrel, then fine and very fine rubber wheels.
The FDA groups abrasive discs, abrasive points, polishing strips and polishing wheels as abrasive devices, Class I (21 CFR 872.6010): they remove excess restorative material and smooth rough surfaces, on a shank held by a handpiece.
ISO 21671 covers the most commonly used rotary polishers, mounted and unmounted, used by the dentist and in the dental laboratory.
How the types on this shelf differ
- Flexible Silicone Polishers — The abrasive is embedded in a flexible silicone body.
- Polishing Wheels — A wheel for the smoothing steps that follow grinding.
- Grinding Wheels — The coarse step: it shapes the work and removes excess material.
- Mounted Rubber Points — A rubber-bonded point already fixed on its own shank.
- Ceramic & Porcelain Polishers — Polishes the ceramic itself, in place of a glaze layer.
- Polishing Discs — The finer steps of the same series.
- Buffing Wheels — Carries the polishing agent to the work.
- Mounted Stones — A rigid bonded abrasive, for grinding and shaping.
- Separating & Cut-Off Discs — A thin wheel for cutting, where an abrasive disc works on its side.
- Composite Polishers — Made for resin composite.
- Acrylic Polishers & Trimmers — Made for denture acrylic, which is finished with burs, sandpaper and rubber wheels before it is polished.
- Abrasive Discs — Grinds and smooths with its face.
- Finishing Carbides — A bur made to finish a surface.
- Polishing Points & Cups — Rubber points, felt cones and bristle pins.
- Rotary Points — Silicone, rubber and polyurethane polishers.
- Heatless Wheels — Radial bristle discs and wheels, knife-edge discs and rubber abrasive cones, filed under the heatless wheels name.
What to look at when choosing
Sequence: a review describes polishing in three stages, coarse finishing, intermediate polishing and final polishing. Coarse tools shape the work and remove excess material; medium ones smooth out the grooves and scratches the coarse ones leave.
Surface: 0.2 micrometres of roughness is considered the threshold for a clinically acceptable restoration.
Speed: OSHA's abrasive-wheel rule has the spindle speed checked against the maximum operating speed marked on the wheel.
Reuse: the CDC states that burs, polishing points and rag wheels used on contaminated appliances or prostheses should be heat-sterilised, disinfected between patients, or discarded.
Sources: FDA 21 CFR 872.6010, Abrasive device and accessories · ISO 21671:2006, Rotary polishers · Does Sterilization Affect the Performance of Single-Step Resin Composite Polishers? (Dent J 2023) · A Comprehensive Review of the Surface and Chromatic Properties of Monolithic Zirconia: Polishing and Finishing Methods (Cureus 2024) · OSHA 29 CFR 1910.94, Ventilation (grinding, polishing and buffing operations) · OSHA 29 CFR 1910.211, Machinery and machine guarding: definitions · The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · Rao et al. 2015, Surface roughness of three heat-cured acrylic denture base resins with different conventional lathe polishing techniques (J Indian Prosthodont Soc) · OSHA 29 CFR 1910.215, Abrasive wheel machinery · ISO 3823-2:2003, Rotary bur instruments, Part 2: Finishing burs · CDC, Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003 (MMWR 52 RR-17)
