Note 1: EZ lube Dropper bottles come in three different deliver-tip sizes: very fine, extra fine, and fine. With the very-fine tip, you can knock the bottle on it's side, and over 5 minutes, may see one to two drops flow from it. It progresses to 'Fine' in the larger size, which allows faster use, but allows about 1 drops per minute laying flow-rate. NO ACCIDENTAL WASTE with the very fine, very little with the "Fine" . Handpiece lubricant waste with most other brands tested can be 15% total usage. EZ lube OneStep can prevent that extra cost. In comparison to the one lubricant that is very nearly comparable in tems of it's delivery and it's quality: it is 50% of the cost of that lubricant.

Note 2: Sterilization of handpieces has been proven to reduce the lifespan of turbines and other internal mechanisms by approximately 50%: that's 500 cycles instead of 1000. Much of this has to do with the fact that most lubricants now used will break down in the heat of autoclaving: requiring use of lubricant before sterilization to dislodge debris and purge it, then use of additional lubricant after sterilization to replace the scorched (sterilization effect) lubricant. With EZ lube OneStep, at a flash point of over 500 degrees F, there's no worry about it breaking down in the sterilization process. Proven, many times.

Note 3: When cleaners are introduced to the clean/sterilization/purge process, the steps are:

a) inject cleaner, b) purge cleaner (running tool up with air), c) inject lubricant, d) purge lubricant, e) sterilize, f) and then, very often, with many lubricants used: relubricate and then g) purge again. That's three steps with purging on each, and sterilization in the middle. The problems:

Sterile fields get contaminated. Turbines run without lubricant while purging cleaners. Errors made: such as running through a cleaner and forgetting to lubricate the piece, or putting cleaner through, not purging the cleaner properly, then injecting lubricant: which is partially dispursed by the remaining cleaners. Add the fact that twice as much lubricant used. Time and money is spent needlessly.

This engenders many steps, some of which may be forgotten (many times, we've seen the cleaner used, then the lubricant forgotten. Or, the cleaner used, not purged properly, and lubricant + cleaner mixed in the running handpiece. Longevity reduces immediately, repair bills increase exponentially. Repairs on dental handpieces can be expensive. Maintenance is not.

When using EZ lube OneStep: that's where the term OneStep comes in: you lubricate properly, purge properly, and sterilize it. It's ready for use after it cools down: and THAT'S it. ONE STEP. Many minutes saved. Many errors prevented. Many repair dollars NOT spent. Efficiency at it's peak, preventing unnecessary handpiece repair.

Note 4: Viscosity: Explained: Informally, viscosity is the quantity that describes a fluid's resistance to flow. Fluids resist the relative motion of immersed objects through them as well as to the motion of layers with differing velocities within them. Formally, viscosity (represented by the symbol η "eta") is the ratio of the shearing stress (F/A) to the velocity gradient (Δvx/Δz or dvx/dz) in a fluid. Generally, the higher the viscosity, the greater load it can take without dispersing.

Simplified: Handpiece Lubrication is intended to prevent friction. The less a lubricant is displaced from the areas where friction may be caused (the better its adherance to a surface): the better the lubricating properties are, and the less the wear caused by friction will be.