Dental drill
device · 1871 · Electric age
A dentist’s drill (Morrison; the turbine drill in 1957).
What it is made of
- Turbine — has part. An air-driven turbine handpiece.
Principles and materials it uses
- Compressed air — uses. Compressed air.
- Diamond — is made of. Diamond burs.
Things built in a similar way
- Electric drill — works like. The same task — spinning a drill bit; the foot-powered dental drill appeared before the electric drill.