Super-Snap X-Treme

Shofu Dental has launched the next generation of Super-Snap — Super-Snap X-Treme, an enhancement to the original green fine and red superfine Super-Snap polishing disks.

The new Super-Snap X-Treme was designed to meet varied clinician preferences and advancements in composite technology. X-Treme disks offer greater flexibility, extra thickness for an increased tactile feel and extreme gloss results because of an advanced 3-D grit technology.

Since 1922, Shofu has been an industry-leading manufacturer of high-quality polishers and abrasives that exceed the demands of dental professionals around the world.

The company’s extensive knowledge of direct and indirect restorative materials, combined with stringent quality-control standards, ensure optimal contouring, finishing and
polishing, no matter what the material.

Super-Snap disks are widely recognized and utilized within universal dental offices. The four-step, color-coded disk system is designed for easy, fast and safe contouring, finishing and polishing of all microfilled and nano-hybrid composites. It is no surprise that Super-Snap Singles have been awarded “Top Composite Finishing and Polishing System” by The Dental Advisor for six years in a row.

The new Super-Snap X-Treme polishing disks provide many of the same features and benefits as the original Super-Snap disks.

Both red and green X-Treme disks have an elastic silicone shank mount for easy placement onto the mandrel. They are manufactured without a metal center to eliminate the risk of gouging or discoloration of the composite and increase the stability of the disk during polishing.

The red and green disk material in both systems are made with aluminum oxide grit.

Super-Snap and Super-Snap X-Treme disks share many important features; however, the new enhancements offered with Super-Snap X-Treme disks makes these two systems distinctly different.

X-Tra thickness

Super-Snap X-Treme red and green discs are double the thickness of the original Super-Snap disks, increasing from 50 µm to 100 µm.

The extra thickness improves stiffness and durability while maintaining flexibility in interproximal areas. Greater force can be applied when polishing composites with the thicker Super-Snap X-Treme disks, allowing a noticeable increase in tactile feel and helping to produce a beautiful, glossy result to your restorations.

Advanced 3-D technology

The red superfine X-Treme disk features a new, advanced 3-D technology composed of round, semispherical grits homogenously arranged on the entire disk surface.

The new semispherical-shaped surface provides space to discharge ground debris, resulting in less clogging of the disk and secondary scratches on the composite. Ground debris can collect and discharge within the crevices of the semispheres, helping to maintain a smooth disk surface for polishing.

X-Treme gloss results

Super-Snap X-Treme disks are taking polishing to the next level. A unique combination of extra thickness and advanced 3-D grit technology allows dentists to exceed the esthetic demands of patients. Shofu internal test results demonstrate extremely low surface roughness and remarkably higher gloss levels compared with leading competitors.

Shofu Dental’s new Super-Snap X-Treme polishing disks are available in standard (12 mm) or mini (8 mm) sizes within a 100-piece kit, including both red and green X-Treme disks, or as individual disk refills of 50. Suggested retail price per kit is $47.60, and disk refills are $25.05. X-Treme disks can be used in conjunction with the original black contouring and violet finishing Super-Snap disks.