Mandrel
CA, stainless steel, 6/pk
CA, stainless steel, 6/pk$27.95
FG snap-on, stainless steel, 6/pk$27.95
CA, plastic, 100/pk$44.95
HP snap-on, 6/pk$27.95
Shofu Super-Snap Mandrels are rotary accessories designed for use in dental finishing procedures. These mandrels facilitate the use of abrasive and polishing disks for efficient contouring and polishing of restorations. They are suitable for general dentistry and dental laboratory applications requiring precise rotary control.
This product line offers mandrels in various shank types, including CA Contra-Angle, HP Handpiece, and FG Friction Grip, to accommodate different handpiece connections. Available in stainless steel or plastic construction, they are supplied in pack formats of 6 or 100. This range provides options for dentists, hygienists, and lab technicians for a variety of clinical and laboratory needs.
Product
- Manufacturer
- Shofu
- Manufacturer #
- 0439
- Item code
- 102-0106
Catalog path
- Marketplace
- Clinical
- Category
- Finishing & Polishing
- Subcategory
- Mandrels & Accessories
Ordering
- Status
- In stock
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Questions
What is Shofu Super-Snap Mandrels used for?
Shofu Super-Snap Mandrels are rotary accessories designed for use in dental finishing procedures.
Which mandrel options are on this page?
This page carries 4 mandrel options: CA, stainless steel, 6/pk, FG snap-on, stainless steel, 6/pk, CA, plastic, 100/pk, HP snap-on, 6/pk. 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 rotary accessories
Rotary accessories are the other parts that go between the handpiece and the work: guards, holders and the screws and pins that fix an abrasive in place. ISO 6360-7 covers them alongside mandrels and polishers in its coding of special instruments.
A mandrel is the carrier that holds a disc, wheel or buff in the handpiece: a glossary defines it as a tapered or cylindrical axle, spindle or arbor placed in a hole to support it during machining, and as the shaft and bearings on which a tool is mounted. The FDA describes an abrasive device as attached to a shank that is held by a handpiece, and lists the guard for an abrasive disk among the accessories in the same Class I group (21 CFR 872.6010). ISO 6360-7 codes mandrels and special instruments in the same fifteen-digit numbering scheme as the instruments they carry.
What is here is the parts that make an abrasive run true, rather than the abrasive itself. ISO 6360-2 codes the shapes of all dental rotary instruments and of several accessories used in connection with them.
How mandrels and other rotary accessories differ
- Mandrels — The shaft the abrasive goes on; it carries no abrasive of its own.
- Rotary accessories — Everything else in the chain between handpiece and abrasive, mandrels aside.
What to look at when choosing a mandrel
Fit: the mandrel has to match both the handpiece and the hole in the disc, since the glossary definition is a spindle placed in a hole to support the tool during machining.
Code: ISO 6360-7 puts mandrels into the same numbering scheme as the instruments they drive, as the fourth group of three digits in the fifteen-digit overall number.
Testing: ISO 8325 covers dimensional characteristics, neck strength and surface roughness of rotary instruments, and names polishers and grinding instruments among them.
Sources: The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · FDA 21 CFR 872.6010, Abrasive device and accessories · ISO 6360-7:2006, Number coding system for rotary instruments — Mandrels and special instruments · ISO 6360-2:2004, Number coding system for rotary instruments — Shapes · ISO 8325:2023, Dentistry — Test methods for rotary instruments
