Source for metal balls

[Axel Ruprecht]

Sharon

We used to use BB pellets, which are available at sporting goods and some
hardware stores. Is this what you want?

Rgds
Axel

>I recently obtained an Instrumentarium OP-100 and hope to start doing some
>implant imaging soon. The guidebook suggests using a metal ball on the bite
>registration to help in checking magnification and also in verifying that
>the cut is in the appropriate location. I inherited many things from Al
>Richards when he retired many years ago, but the only metal balls I can
>find in the collection seem too large to me and also do not have a size
>designation.
>
>Can anyone direct me to a source for metal balls that I can buy in a
>variety of sizes for a variety of imaging projects?
>
>Thanks.
>
>    Sharon
>
>***************************************************************************
>Sharon L Brooks DDS, MS  Editor, Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Section
>Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
>University of Michigan School of Dentistry
>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078 USA
>Tel: 313-764-1595; Fax (W): 313-764-2469;  Fax (H): 313-475-0122
>slbrooks at umich.edu


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