Dental Picks

[Green Frog]

When you go to one ask him for his old picks. They work great for taking the fuzzies off small wholes. Maybe someone else posted this before if so sorry Jerry

[greg194799]

Thanks Jerry,

[workin for wood]

Makes me nervous. I'd soak the pick in alcohol and then boil it for a few hours! Who knows what's in someones mouth, and the diseases like hepatitis C that can kill you. I have some picks, but I just bought them, which you can do from woodcraft for 5-10 bucks, gets you a 5 pack of different picks that are guaranteed not to have been used in someones mouth. I do take the used dental bits for rotary tools from the dentist, but he puts them in a plastic jar for me, and yes I boil them for hours, then soak them in acetone, inspect them with magnifying glass and anything else I might decide I need to do to be safe. Perhaps a bit nerodic....but better safe than sorry.

[Janette]

I get broken dental picks from my dentist. They steralize them before they give them to you! Usually they have different things on each end and if only one end breaks- the other is perfectly fine and they don't want them any more

[Andy]

I buy them every chance I can get at flea markets and surplus stores. The chisels are AWESOME if you can find them and frequently use the bone files too. The regular pics are very resonable priced and I couldn't live without them. The secrets out of the bag now! LOL

Andy

[will8989]

Bone files? Do I want to know?

Betty

[Kerux]

Originally Posted by Janette

I get broken dental picks from my dentist. They steralize them before they give them to you! Usually they have different things on each end and if only one end breaks- the other is perfectly fine and they don't want them any more

Sounds like one of these turners could make a good handle for a broken dental pic?

[Dragon]

was wondering the same thing...do I want to know???
Diane

[Green Frog]

They can only be sharpen so many times and these are the ones that I get. Tehy have be cleaned to hospital standards and package as a set.Think the last time I goot them there was 20 in the package and it was sealed in plastic bag from a another company The part that I think might be broken is the ends as the middle is stainlee steel 1/4 inch rod .
They do make is nice also to clean off ehw over glue while it is wet with scratching the wood if you are gental with it.

As for infection I am the last to one some of that as I have copd. with lung reduction on both lungs 1/3 on left and 1/2 on right.So the least little big I get it is trip to the hospital.
Not looking for pity the ones in the graveyard need that . I am still mobil and making saw dust with my toes pointed in the right direction.Hope to stay this way for some time yet . But only one knows that answer. Jerry

[BobD]

When I got root canal Monday, I was marveling at how similar his tools were to my power carving tools...so I asked the dentist what he does when his bits get tool dull for teeth...he left for a minute and came back with a handful!

Bob