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Original - Vs - Counterfeit Protaper PDF
Original - Vs - Counterfeit Protaper PDF
Certain endodontic shaping les that can be found on the market are copies that are very similar to the original products. Some of the fake products that have been encountered on the market are a very similar copy of the original Dentsply Maillefer ProTaper Universal les. As shown in the present document, this can however be detected quite easily by the distributor and the end-user. The fake products are overall of rather poor quality, which can present a clinical risk for the dental practitioner as well as for the patient.
The CE mark has to be 5mm high on the original labelling, whereas on the copied labeling the CE mark was only 3mm high. This difference is visible by the practitioner without any magnication.
The copied labeling did only write the English designation in bold large characters and not the 5 languages in very small size characters. This difference is visible by the practitioner without any magnication.
There was no sticker with the bar code at the rear of the copied boxes.
The 6 lateral opening strips of the copied packaging were equal in width. At the contrary, the rst and the last opening strips of the original packaging were slightly larger than the other 4 in the middle. This difference can be seen by the practitioner without any magnication.
This bevel can be seen by the practitioner with a low magnication, because it reects the light like a tinny shiny point at the tip end when once the les are rotated between the ngers. The copied les had a standard conical tip.
Counterfeit
How to identify a counterfeit?
1. Does the reorder- /article number match the product? 2. Does the product look different?