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Look for it: The Sulzer MIXPAC Quality Seal

The Sulzer Mixpac team, displaying the MIXPAC Quality Seal at the recent Greater New York Dental Meeting, is ready to help ensure you’re buying only true, top-quality Sulzer Mixpac products that are produced in its state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities in Switzerland. (Photo: Robert Selleck, DTA)
Robert Selleck, DTA

Robert Selleck, DTA

Thu. 11 December 2014

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NEW YORK, N.Y., USA: With your reputation on the line with every procedure, knowing exactly what instruments and materials you’re using on your patients is critical. To help ensure you’re not inadvertently buying potentially dangerous knockoffs of its highly popular mixing tips (used for procedures involving two-component application of restorative, impression or bonding materials), Sulzer Mixpac has three core concepts to guide you.

First, check for the MIXPAC Quality Seal and “MIXPAC” word stamp. Second, look for the unique dome shape. And third, remember the six trademarked candy colors: blue, pink, teal, brown, purple and yellow.

“Our product is made in Switzerland in cleanroom conditions,” said Michael Murphy, a patent and trademark protection lawyer who represents Sulzer Mixpac. “Our product is safe and clean. The counterfeit products, typically made in China or Korea, can present a danger because the origin of the plastic is unknown, as is the cleanliness conditions of the manufacturing process.”

As a result, counterfeit mixing tips can introduce contaminants or air bubbles into materials, or there can be incomplete or inconsistent mixing because of other hidden flaws, all of which can lead to inaccurate clinical results, improper fit of components, leakage and ultimately, dissatisfied patients.

“We don’t believe a well-informed dentist would risk his or her reputation using a counterfeit product,” Murphy said. “Sulzer has been very successful stopping counterfeits through court action and seizure of goods by U.S. Customs, but we also want to use education to deter demand.”

Murphy also advised dentists to buy products from reputable distributors and avoid cut-rate deals on online auction sites or other questionable outlets.

Sulzer was using its booth at the recent Greater New York Dental Meeting for far more than just educating dentists and hygienists about the dangers of lookalike products. The company also had several new offerings on display, including: the T-MixerTM; the ColibriTM, for endodontic procedures; and the OneTM 1CC Syringe, which can be used in procedures involving application of adhesive cement, flowable composites, pit and fissure sealant, block-out material, etching gel and bleaching material.
 

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