
Scalers and Curettes
Features UltraSteel™ technology for a long-lasting edge

Dental Product Shopper’s featured review highlights how XDURA instruments’ exclusive UltraSteel technology delivers exceptional sharpness that lasts longer than traditional scalers and curettes. RDH Heather Locker praised the lightweight, ergonomic design and reduced hand fatigue, calling the long-lasting blade sharpness “enough to recommend these instruments to other hygienists.”
COMPLIMENTARY
SHARPENING
ON XDURA® INSTRUMENTS
Complimentary sharpening by Nordent’s expert craftspeople included in the purchase price of XDURA. Sharpening is included for the life of the instrument.
IT’S WHAT’S ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS!
XDURA takes advantage of advancements in metallurgy and cryogenic hardening, resulting in tips with
long-lasting sharpness and strength. (Data on file.)
The advanced micro-structure of UltraSteel™ provides Nordent’s longest-lasting edge!
Our products’ superior strength comes from the uniform distribution of carbide particles. See the difference with these 500x magnified SEM images.

XDURA Scalers & Curettes

Leading sharpen-less scaler

All other major brands (440A)
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Both sickles have an identical moderate size, medium-reach length and blade widths of 0.8 mm that taper to a point. The tips have a 20° mirror image offset to allow better access to anteriors and premolars. Also known as the R138. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Short contra-angle for incisors and cuspids. Nordent Mini Blade - Long Reach Gracey curettes have a shorter, narrower blade and an extended terminal shank that is 3 mm longer than standard. They feature our blade face curve with a true radius that conforms to tooth anatomy better than any other brand. This means that Nordent Gracey curettes are easier to adapt, require fewer strokes, and reduce tissue trauma better than any other brand. Nordent Mini Blade - Long Reach Gracey curettes have a 1 mm terminal shank diameter and blades that are 0.7 mm wide and 3 mm long. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Combines the standard N5 sickle that has a 0.9 mm blade width that tapers to a point with a long reach contraangle spoon blade hoe that has a blade diameter of 2 mm for anterior lingual surfaces. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Columbia curettes have universal blades that have sharp cutting edges on both sides of the blade and a rounded toe. The terminal shank is 1.1 mm in diameter and 12 mm long with an elliptical blade shape that is 1.2 mm wide. Featuring our DuraLite Round Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Combines a moderate size, medium-reach sickle that has a blade width of 0.9 mm that tapers to a point with the universal curette that has sharp cutting edges on both sides of the blade and a rounded toe. The curette has a 0.8 mm blade width and a 1 mm diameter terminal shank with a 9 mm reach. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Columbia curettes have universal blades that have sharp cutting edges on both sides of the blade and a rounded toe. The terminal shank is 1 mm in diameter and 8 mm long with a blade width of 0.9 mm. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Younger-Good curettes feature a shank curvature that adapts easily to 2nd and 3rd molars. The elliptical blade shape has a rounded toe and is 1 mm wide. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Both sickles have an identical moderate size, medium-reach length and blade widths of 0.8 mm that taper to a point. The tips have a 20° mirror image offset to allow better access to anteriors and premolars. Featuring our DuraLite Round Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Short contra-angle for incisors and cuspids. Nordent long reach Gracey curettes have an extended terminal shank that is 3 mm longer than standard. They feature our standard blade face curve with a true radius that conforms to tooth anatomy better than any other brand. This means that Nordent standard Gracey curettes are easier to adapt, require fewer strokes, and reduce tissue trauma better than any other brand. Nordent standard Gracey curettes have a 1.1 mm terminal shank diameter and blades that are 0.9 mm wide and 4 mm long. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Combines a long-reach shank and a thin curette blade that is pointed like a scaler to provide easy adaptation to both supra and sub-gingival areas and excellent interproximal access. The mirror image tips have a 0.8 mm blade width set on 1 mm terminal shanks with a 12 mm reach. Featuring our DuraLite Round Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
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Combines a small size, medium-reach length sickle that has a 0.8 mm blade width that tapers to a point with a long reach contra-angle spoon blade hoe that has a blade diameter of 2 mm for anterior lingual surfaces. Featuring our DuraLite® ColorRings™ Handle, additional handle options are shown below.
