IS 10663 : 2003/ISO 3823-1 : 1997 Dental Rotary Instruments - Steel and Carbid Burs

National Foreword

This Indian Standard which is identical with ISO 3823-1 : 1997`Dental rotary instruments - Burs - Part 1 : Steel and carbideburs' was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on therecommendations of the Dentistry Sectional Committee and approvalof the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1983. Its first revision has been undertaken with a view to align its requirements with ISO 3823-1:1997 and adopt it as a dual number standard.

This standard contains the updated specifications for tungsten carbide burs. The various dimensional and other requirements specified for steel and carbide burs are those considered important to ensure the interchangeability and safe usage of these instruments in the practice of dentistry.

The text of International Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as Indian Standard withcwt deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is partic!llarly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.