$7.26

• Polished glass surface; smooth and durable mixing area
• Beveled edges; safe and comfortable handling
• No. 3 size; 2.5" x 3" x 1/4" compact chairside format
• Easy to clean; chemical resistant glass construction
• For mixing cements, liners, and restorative materials
• Quantity: 1 per Unit

Buffalo Dental Glass Mixing Slab, No. 3, 2.5" x 3" x 1/4" is indicated for chairside mixing of dental cements, glass ionomer cements, zinc phosphate cements, cavity liners, base materials, impression materials, and other dental restorative products that require a smooth, non-porous, chemically resistant mixing surface where the material's working consistency can be developed through incremental spatulation without absorption, staining, or surface contamination from the mixing platform affecting the mixed material's chemistry or set properties.

Polished glass provides the inert, non-reactive mixing surface that most dental mixing protocols specify, where the smoothness of the polished glass allows the mixing spatula to spread, fold, and incorporate powder and liquid components in the material manufacturer's specified ratio and spatulation time without the mixing surface introducing variables in surface texture, absorption, or chemical interaction that paper mixing pads can contribute for temperature-sensitive materials like zinc phosphate cement where cold glass is used to extend working time. Restorative dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists who mix zinc phosphate, glass ionomer, calcium hydroxide, and comparable dental materials at chairside find the Buffalo Dental No. 3 Glass Mixing Slab the correctly sized, polished glass mixing surface for standard chairside material preparation. ? Each unit is a single No.

3 polished glass mixing slab measuring 2.5" x 3" x 1/4", providing a compact mixing area suited for standard chairside material quantities in the restorative and preventive procedure context where smaller mix volumes of cement, liner, or base material are prepared per patient rather than the larger batch volumes that a larger slab format would serve in a laboratory or high-volume mixing context. Beveled edges on all four sides of the 1/4" thick glass slab eliminate the sharp edge hazard that unbeveled glass creates at the slab perimeter during handling, storage, and cleaning, making the No. 3 slab safe to handle without gloves during slab cleaning and storage without the cut risk that straight-cut glass edges present to bare hands.

Glass construction is durable, chemically resistant to the full range of dental material components mixed on the surface, easy to clean with standard disinfectants or laboratory soap, and autoclavable for practices that sterilize reusable mixing equipment between uses. ? Buffalo Dental Glass Mixing Slab No. 3 works by providing a hard, non-porous, optically smooth mixing surface that allows the dental material's powder and liquid components to be combined and spatulated against the glass surface with a flexible mixing spatula, achieving thorough incorporation of powder and liquid throughout the mixed mass without the surface absorbing liquid from the mixture or the surface texture interfering with the circular and figure-eight spatulation patterns that material mixing protocols specify. For zinc phosphate cement specifically, chilling the glass slab in advance of mixing is a documented technique for extending the working time of this material by slowing the exothermic polymerization reaction through the heat-absorbing thermal mass of the cold glass, a technique only possible with a glass mixing surface that has sufficient thermal mass and conductivity to maintain its chilled temperature through the full spatulation sequence.

For glass ionomer and other contemporary materials mixed on glass, the non-porous surface prevents liquid absorption that would alter the powder-to-liquid ratio during spatulation. ? Restorative dentists mixing zinc phosphate cements for crown cementation find the compact 2.5" x 3" No. 3 slab provides sufficient mixing area for standard single-crown cement preparations while fitting comfortably on the bracket table or instrument tray beside other restorative instruments during the cementation step. Dental assistants mixing cavity liners, bases, and smaller cement quantities for restorative procedures find the No.

3 format appropriate for the volume ranges mixed in standard restorative chairside preparation without the excess surface area of larger slab formats. ? Buffalo Dental Glass Mixing Slab, No. 3, 2.5" x 3" x 1/4" gives dental practices a polished, beveled-edge glass mixing surface in the compact No. 3 chairside format suited for mixing dental cements, liners, and restorative materials at the inert, smooth, non-porous glass surface that clinical material mixing protocols specify. For dental offices ordering mixing equipment and glass slab supplies for active chairside restorative and preventive material preparation, the Buffalo Dental No. 3 delivers the mixing surface quality and compact dimensions that standard chairside dental material preparation requires.