Waldent Premium Plus MicroMini Handpiece (W148) is a mini-head handpiece. It is suitable for use in patients with reduced mouth opening and children.
- Micromini head airotor.
- Stainless steel body
Pros:
- The micromini head is smaller than mini head of many other brands.
- This allows comfortable use of the handpiece even in restricted mouth opening patients.
Cons:
- The durability of the cartridge as it has stainless steel bearings and one of the smallest size in the segment, is a question mark.
- Single water spray means reduced water for cooling as well as cleaning of the tooth debris from the bur.
- Requires use of short shank bur.
Features:
- Push button type.
- Head size – Diameter of 9 mm and height of 10mm.
- Total length of handpiece is 11cm.
- Air pressure – 0.18 to 0.21 MPa.
- Speed is between 3,50,000-4,50,000 rpm.
- Connection – Borden 2 hole.
- Water spray – Single.
- It can be autoclaved at 135 °C
Review of Waldent Premium Plus MicroMini Handpiece (W148)
Waldent Premium Plus MicroMini Handpiece (W148) is the ‘mini-head’ handpiece of other brands. As with most of Waldent handpieces, it is a high speed handpiece. It is very small in length at 11 cms only. With a ‘micro’ head with height of 10mm only, this handpiece is ideal for use in a patient with reduced mouth opening, in cavity preparation or tooth preparation of upper last molars. It is also ideal for use on children.
Do remember to only use short shank burs with this handpiece. This will give the best performance as well as prolong the life of the cartridge.
For any handpiece, the cartridge is the workhorse. With mini head handpiece, the cartridge is a very crucial component. With the size of cartridge reducing due to the small head of this handpiece, it’s durability is always a question. I have seen, the cartridge of this handpiece start wobbling after just a few months of regular use. This means change of the cartridge, which is half the cost of the handpiece itself.
I have also found that though this handpiece has a high speed, its torque is not equivalent to other mini-heads and you will find it difficult to prepare the tooth specially in case of tooth preparation for crowns & bridges.
I would NOT recommend this handpiece, mostly because of short durability of it’s cartridge. You have better though costlier options in NSK FX Plus Mini Head with ARV High-Speed Handpiece.
