OUR TALON CROWN CUTTERS ARE OVER-THE-TOP. LITERALLY.

Only our Talon line of crown-cutting burs has blades on top of the bur as well

as on the side. This allows Talon burs to cut not just horizontally, but vertically

as well, which means they cut faster than any crown-cutters you’ve ever seen.

Here are a few other things that make Talon burs so special:

o A unique hyperbolic (hourglass) shape for even greater cutting speed.

o A single Talon bur can be used for crown prep, cutting and removal, rather

than having to use 3 separate burs.

o Cut as fast during the last 10 seconds of the procedure as during the first

10 seconds.

o Cut through both the porcelain and the metal, so there’s no need for more

than one bur.

In fact, we have yet to come across another crown cutter that offers these

features or that can come remotely close to the performance of our Talon line.

And that’s why our loyal customers consider our Talon line to be our crowning

achievement.

OUR STANDARD CARBIDE BURS SET THE NEW STANDARD.

When burs are all you make, or even think about, you tend to come up with

great ideas that never dawn on other bur companies. For example:

o Unique blade and rake angle designs to for unsurpassed cutting power.

o Virtual immunity to breakage by using induction welding and our special

blend of steel.

o Superior visibility due to an exclusive black shank design that is clearly

differentiated from the materials being worked on.

o As with all Tri Hawk burs, individually-wrapped packaging to

prevent contamination and damage and enhance user convenience.

Actually, now that we think about it, there really isn’t anything standard about

our standard burs, is there?

MARILYN MONROE WOULD HAVE LOVED THESE BURS!

While Marilyn Monroe once sang, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” we

think our diamond burs might be a dentist’s best friend.

We start with a carefully selected mix of diamond grits. We also use special

Swiss-made stainless steel blanks, which are hardened, turned and ground

for maximum precision and minimum vibration.

Every one of our burs is microscopically tested. And they’re crafted using an

HBN plating method that equally ensures an even, homogenized diamond

surface, and an optimal tooth surface. This also minimizes the pressure

placed on the turbine, making it easier on your hand-piece— and you.

So when you think diamonds, don’t think Tiffany’s or Cartier. Think Tri Hawk.

And Marilyn Monroe, of course.

REFUSE TO REUSE!

We realize that it’s tempting to reuse burs on a second or third patient, but we

strongly recommend against doing so. You might think that a company whose

burs resist breakage and stay sharp longer than others would be advocating

multiple-patient-use, but the facts are that this is in neither your nor your

patients’ best interests. Of course, if you're a bur connoisseur, we’re

preaching to the proverbial choir.

Four reasons why bur connoisseurs want single-patient-use burs:

o Patient safety. Autoclaving can't completely rid a bur of bio-burden, which

means that reusing burs may be putting your patients at risk. 1

o Staff safety. Cleaning used burs can lead to sharps injuries and possible

infections, jeopardizing your staff’s health and your bottom line. 2

o Cutting speed. Autoclaving a bur even once greatly reduces its cutting

effectiveness, which means that procedures involving used burs waste

precious time. 3

o Cost savings. The cost of single-use burs is exceeded by the cost of the

staff time spent cleaning and autoclaving used burs...and dwarfed by the

cost of a sharps injury or an infected patient.

Tri Hawk is the only bur manufacturer dedicated solely to single-patient-use

burs. In fact, our single-patient-use burs deliver a blend of cutting speed,

strength and safety unlike any other.

Maybe that’s why refusing to reuse burs is so easy to get used to.

1 Dalhousie University; 2005

2 ADA study on clinical staff injuries

3 University of California, San Francisco; 1994

THE "NEW MATH"

...WHY NEW BURS ARE CHEAPER THAN REUSED ONES!

1. Staff time costs: $1.50 per bur

o It takes at least 5 minutes for your assistant to clean the bur, put it into the

autoclave, and put it into storage.

o Assuming a wage of $18.00/hour, the cost of these 5 minutes is (5/60) x

$18.00 = $1.50

2. Materials & energy costs: $.50 per bur

o To cover the costs of steel cleaning brush (for carbides) or cleaning block

(for diamonds); chemicals; electricity; and sterile bags

3. Slower procedure costs: $25 per bur

o Assume that a procedure with a used bur takes 5 extra minutes

o Assuming an average chairside revenue rate of $300/hour, the cost of

these 5 minutes is (5/60) x $300 = $25

As you can see, the real cost of a used bur can be up to $27. It’s no wonder a

bur connoisseur would never even think about reusing a bur!

We think that Eastern Ontario is a pretty special place. The area has great

access to water sports in summer and snowmobiling and cross country skiing

in winter. It features a fine regional theater called the Upper Canada

Playhouse, as well as an historic town nestled on the banks of the St.

Lawrence River called Upper Canada Village. And it’s home to Ottawa, the

capital of Canada.

However, while we might be a little biased, we think the best place in Eastern

Ontario is Morrisburg, which is the location of our world-class bur

manufacturing facility.

There are three things that make the factory at 2 Prospect Road a pretty

special place:

o Our machinery. One big reason other manufacturers’ burs seem to all

perform the same is that they tend to buy their machinery from the same

vendors. The way we see it, the way to make sure our burs are unlike

everyone else’s is to not only design our own shapes, but to design our own

bur-milling machinery as well. And that’s why the machinery that resides in

our Morrisburg factory cannot be found in any other factory in the world.

o Our processes. Some factories like to brag about “manufacturing to ISO

standards.” We, however, manufacture to Canada’s ISO 13485 (CMDCAS)

standards, which many experts consider to be the most exacting standards

in the world. In fact, we are so obsessed with quality control that we inspect

our products at up to ten different stages during the manufacturing process.

o Our people. Canadians are known for their exceptional work ethic, but what

really makes our people stand out is their tremendous pride. They aren’t

content to make the world’s best bur; they are on a quest to make the

perfect bur. Our customers may think we’ve already achieved that goal, but

our people will tell you that while our burs might be the best, they’re not

quite perfect. Not yet, anyway.

If you’re planning to visit to Eastern Ontario, you should know that we don’t

give public tours of our factory. Sorry, but we can’t take a chance that our

competitors will sneak in and try to steal our ideas.

But if you are in the area, please stop by to say hello. We’re always interested

in meeting another bur connoisseur!

Lab Notes We purchased burs of each brand for testing in the ADA laboratories to determine run-out, permanent set, corrosionresistance, cutting rate, and loss of cutting rate. In developing some of our tests and determining whether productspassed or failed, we referred to the standards published by the American National Standards Institute and the ADA.1 A full description of our test methods can be found on the ADA’s web site at

“www.ada.org/goto/ppr”. We reviewed eight brands of straight, fissure carbide burs (557) : BluWhite (Kerr Corp.), Brasseler (Brasseler USA),Henry Schein (Sullivan-Schein),Midwest (Dentsply Professional),Miltex (Miltex, Inc.), NTI (Axis Dental Corp.), SSWhite (SS White Burs, Inc.), and Tri Hawk (Tri Hawk Corp.). In addition to laboratory testing, we collected inputfrom 407 dentists about these products. Miltex Midwest Tri Hawk Henry Schein Brasseler SS White BluWhite NTI‡

Figure 1. Mean (±SD) Cutting Rate

for Single-Use Burs.*‡

Figure 2. Mean (±SD) Cutting Rate and

Loss of Cutting Rate for Multi-Use Burs.* * Mean based on n = 10

† Measured in milligrams of machinable glass ceramic (Macor, Corning Inc.)

cut per minute. ‡ All of these products performed differently based on statistical analysis

(one-way ANOVA, p < 0.05). * Mean based on n = 10 specimens. Vertical black bar designates products

that performed equally for Cut 1 based on statistical analysis (one-way ANOVA, p

> 0.05).

† Measured in milligrams of machinable glass ceramic (Macor, Corning Inc.)

cut per minute.

‡ NTI performed equally well between Cuts 1 and 2 based on statistical

analysis (one-way ANOVA, p > 0.05).

Rate (mg/min)† Rate (mg/min)†

1st Cut 2nd Cut

BASIC TESTS Our Basic Tests challenge products against a performance

standard, which products can either pass or fail. The Basic Tests for carbide burs were Dimensions, Run-Out, Permanent Set, and Corrosion Resistance.1 All of the brands we tested passed these tests. Here’s how these tests

relate to clinical performance:

• The diameter of 557 burs should be 1.0 (±0.08) mm at

the working end.1 We confirmed these measurements by checking the Dimensions. • Run-Out gives you a sense of cutting accuracy, indicating

whether the bur will make a cut that is the same as the bur’s diameter.

• Permanent Set tests the bur’s ability to resist permanent

deformation or fracture and provides an indication of the bur’s durability.

• Corrosion Resistance demonstrates the bur’s resistance

to corrosion after steam autoclave sterilization. For infection control, burs should be heat sterilized between patients.2 Tri Hawk is the only bur we tested that is supplied sterile; the others should be processed before use. CUTTING RATE Clinical Significance: Indicates how much material a bur will remove within a given time and how that value might decrease with use. Results: Tri Hawk and NTI burs had significantly better cutting rate than the others. Among the multi-use burs, only NTI showed no statistically significant loss of cutting rate between the first and second cuts, having been autoclaved between cuts. The mean Cutting Rate results, along with the Loss of Cutting Rate for multi-use burs, are shown in the Figures 1 and 2. Comments: For this test, we cut blocks of a machinable glass ceramic (Macor, Corning Inc.) under standardized load, air pressure, and water flow rate conditions. Admittedly,Macor is not tooth enamel and the results you would get through clinical use would not be the same as those obtained when cutting Macor; however, it often is used in laboratory testing to collect comparative data because it has similar physical properties to tooth enamel. REFERENCES 1. American National Standard/American Dental Association Specification No. 23—1982, Dental Excavating Burs. Chicago: American

Dental Association. 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings—2003. MMWR 2003;52(no.

RR-17):20, 22-23.

IT ALL BEGAN...

...in 1969, when Tri Hawk was founded by Gustel Fischer to import and

distribute dental burs made in his native Europe. After several years of

speaking with hundreds of dental practitioners, Gustel decided that our

customers deserved a bur that better met their needs for cutting speed,

strength and safety.

And Gustel was convinced that he was just the person to give it to them. To

prove it, he designed not only his own burs, but his own bur-milling machines,

and in 1986 he opened Tri Hawk’s first plant in Cornwall, Ontario. Just four

years later, rising demand necessitated an expansion, and we moved to a

larger plant in Morrisburg, Ontario, where we remain to this day.

IT AIN’T BRAGGIN’ IF YOU CAN DO IT

If you don’t believe us, you might find these points interesting:

o A recent ADA study showed Tri Hawk to be by far the fastest-cutting bur for

single-patient use.

o An extensive study by the University of California rated Tri Hawk burs #1 for

performance and price.

o None of our burs gets returned to us by our customers. (Okay, we’re

exaggerating; 0.0041% of our burs were returned last year.)

Truth be told, we have yet to see a study conducted by anyone, anywhere

that showed any bur capable of cutting faster than ours. (By the way, if you’ve

seen such a study, by all means please let us know.)

WE’RE NOT FOR EVERYONE

Okay, so if we’re so good, why aren’t we the biggest-selling bur company in

the world? Well, for one thing, most dentists have never heard of us. We’re a

small, privately-owned company, and we’ve invested our money in developing

breakthrough designs and state-of-the-art machinery, not in advertising.

Second, the fact is that not every dentist can appreciate our superior

performance. To some practitioners, “A bur is a bur.” Just as some people are

indifferent between a jug wine and a fine French varietal, or between a

machine-made Mexican cigar and a hand-rolled Cuban, some dentists just

don’t care that much about having a bur that can cut faster and more

precisely, that resists breakage, and that provides maximum safety for

patients and staff.

Tri Hawk burs aren’t for these dentists.

Tri Hawk burs are for the bur connoisseur.

ARE YOU A BUR CONNOISSEUR?

If you’re already using our burs, then clearly you are. And even if you haven’t

yet tried our burs, it’s possible that you’re a bur connoisseur. After all, just the

fact that you’ve bothered to read this far indicates that you appreciate how

important burs are to you, your practice and your patients.

We hope you explore our website and read more about our amazing burs and

why they are unlike any you’ve ever used before. Better yet, we hope you

decide to give our burs a try and see for yourself why we are so passionate

about what we do.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

IT ALL BEGAN...

...in 1969, when Tri Hawk was founded by Gustel Fischer to import and

distribute dental burs made in his native Europe. After several years of

speaking with hundreds of dental practitioners, Gustel decided that our

customers deserved a bur that better met their needs for cutting speed,

strength and safety.

And Gustel was convinced that he was just the person to give it to them. To

prove it, he designed not only his own burs, but his own bur-milling machines,

and in 1986 he opened Tri Hawk’s first plant in Cornwall, Ontario. Just four

years later, rising demand necessitated an expansion, and we moved to a

larger plant in Morrisburg, Ontario, where we remain to this day.