Proper length maintenance is critical in endodontics. Over instrumentation can lead to periapical inflammation as well as blowing out an apical constriction that helps contain the cement and gutta percha used to obturate the canal. A traditional stop is really not a predictable controller of length if it has the potential to ride up the shank of an
instrument.

The SafeSiders Endo Stops increase the dentist’s ability to predictably maintain proper working length while instrumenting. By having stops of varying lengths (all color-coded for convenience) that abut against the handle of the instrument, the potential to ride up the shank is eliminated. This is true whether the instruments are used manually or in the Endo-Express reciprocating handpiece.

The new SafeSiders Endo Stops are as a kit that contains 300 color coded Endo Stops (50 of each of 6 sizes, 0.5mm, 1mm, 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, and 5mm, each stop is 3.3mm in dia.)