The World’s First Handpiece Upgrade
Improve the Performance of Your Handpiece

A breakthrough in handpiece performance available through Patterson Dental, ProDrive Systems enhances the quality and performance of your practice.

Designed as a performance upgrade for your existing handpiece, the ProDrive Systems is the world’s first turbine and bur locking system proven to improve the performance in KaVo, Star and Midwest high-speed handpieces. The ProDrive Systems is a fully compatible turbine allowing you to “upgrade” your handpiece of choice for superior performance.

Technology Editor of Dental Products Report (DPR), Dr. John Flucke cannot imagine practicing without the ProDrive Systems. A forward-thinker who is committed to patient care, Dr. Flucke recounts his first experience with ProDrive. “The first time I used ProDrive I was amazed at the higher performance over the manufacturer original (non-upgraded) handpiece. It was completely different. Hands-down ProDrive is much, much better.”

Round Bur Shank has Evolved

The ProDrive Systems’ patented, triangular bur shank enables the turbine to lock the bur into place resulting in greater bur retention, providing superior torque transfer, smoother handpiece operation, and improved overall control. According to Dr. Flucke, the interesting part about the ProDrive Systems is that in a “round-on-round world [friction grip] you could simply slide the bur in the handpiece any way it would go, but in a ProDrive world it is so outstanding that you can actually pull on the bur and you can’t get it out; unlike friction grip you could pull the bur out.”

Over 550 Premium Bur Models

The ProDrive Systems offers a full selection of diamond and carbide burs manufactured in Germany by Meisinger. Double grooves enable safe bur lengthening for improved precision in difficult-to-reach areas. The locking mechanism ensures bur retention and high performance in both positions.

Comparing Apples to Apples

Dentists across North America participated in clinical field trials, comparing their original handpiece against the exact same handpiece upgraded with the ProDrive Systems. Setting up a clinical test, Dr. Flucke performed half a lingual reduction with the manufacturer original handpiece and half the lingual reduction with ProDrive. Same with the occlusal reduction, half with the original handpiece, half with ProDrive. Dr. Flucke reports “better finishing of margins and less bur chatter because the ProDrive triangular bur cuts more efficiently and spins more concentrically.”

There is an obvious and powerful consensus among all dentists testing ProDrive that there were near-perfect performance results. The consensus among the panel of dentists was a marked overall improvement of handpiece performance as well as true and measurable practice benefits. 100% of participants agreed that ProDrive helped to reduce preparation time, while providing a noticeable improvement in cut quality and superior margin integrity.

A number of dentists kept their upgraded ProDrive handpiece and continue to use it in their daily practice. Dr. Flucke, starting out as a skeptic, was so convinced two weeks into the clinical testing that he upgraded all 10 of his handpieces to the ProDrive Systems.