Polishing brushed ceramic to polished ceramic on Hublog BigBangs

[Guest Dr.TuB]

I have access to dental equipment that has polishers and burnishers

can i polish these brushed ceramic? is it possible?

[Guest Dr.TuB]

im thinking about using slow speed handpieces with optrapol composite polisher at the lowest speed setting...

any other dentists here can chime in on this idea?

[Guest Dr.TuB]

or use composite primer and cure it...

[hambone]

It sounds as if you want to take the brushed look off and make it a polished bezel? Ceramic is a super hard material

and I am not so sure that can be done. I would suspect that the high polish finish is achieved in the firing kiln when the bezel is formed. Worst case. you can probably order a polished bezel and switch it. The polished ceramic bezel looks

really good, and having it brushed, IMO takes away from the beauty of the ceramic.

[Guest Dr.TuB]

knowing that composite resins are not as hard as ceramic, i think this just might work.

when restoring teeth with composite resin, the restoration looks "brushed". after using polishers, the restoration looks polished and shiny!

any other fellow dentists can give me a clue on how exactly i might go about in doing this?

It sounds as if you want to take the brushed look off and make it a polished bezel? Ceramic is a super hard material

and I am not so sure that can be done. I would suspect that the high polish finish is achieved in the firing kiln when the bezel is formed. Worst case. you can probably order a polished bezel and switch it. The polished ceramic bezel looks

really good, and having it brushed, IMO takes away from the beauty of the ceramic.

[slay]

seriously, I wouldn't do it. chances are, you're gonna mess up the bezel!

[Guest Sql_pl]

So I guess you want your Tuiga to be more correct?

I do not think you can polish the brushed one but I am not sure.

I think I wouldn't try, especially now that it's not possible to order just bezels.

[indyberetta]

Try polishing it on the back side of the bezel. If it works great and if it does not you won't be able to see it!