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Gummikelchen

English translation: rubber cup(s)

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German term or phrase:	Gummikelchen
English translation:	rubber cup(s)
Entered by:	Sibylle Gray

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07:17 Sep 6, 2010

German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry

German term or phrase: Gummikelchen

Danach folgte eine Politur mit Gummikelchen und Polierpasten.

Aus einer med. Studie (Folgeuntersuchungen bei Implantaten)

Zielgruppe: Zahnaerzte

Vielen Dank.

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rubber cup(s)

Explanation:
Polishing is done using a slow speed handpiece with a soft rubber cup that spins on the end. Prophylaxis (short for prophy) paste - a special gritty toothpaste-like material - is scooped up like ice cream into the cup and spun around on the teeth to make them shiny smooth.

Kelchen is of course the dative plural.