Do you recommend using extra headlight for dental procedures?

I'm just curious about about your experiences w/ an extra headlight while using loops for dental procedures. Here's a link of what I am talking about.


http://www.designsforvision.com/DentHtml...





The lamp costs $540 and I'm debating on I should get it or not. Thanks

Do you recommend using extra headlight for dental procedures?
Man, ABSOLUTELY!!! I have uses Orascoptic loupes and light (Zeon) for 5 or 6 years - maybe more. If I had to choose between one or the other, I'd take the headlight over the magnification any day.





Using the headlight frees your mirror to do other things, like retracting and reflecting. If I try to work without the headlight, it seems like I've forgotten all about reflecting light with the mirror and I did it for 25 years before I got the headlight.





The headlight is for you and the overhead (operatory) light is for the assistant, in my enlightened opinion





The UMDNJ (New Jersey) has just added magnifying loupes to the list of REQUIRED student instruments, so let's not poo-poo magnification either. Yes, I love it and would not want to work without it, but to me - the light is even more important.
Reply:Thanks. I assume this means that you'll be getting the light. Dr. Albert is right. You won't believe how "dark" it is without the light. You will never go back. Report It

Reply:Sounds more like you're a propietor than a concerned user.
Reply:A DENTAL HEADLAMP IS AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT TO IMPROVE YOUR VISUALIZATION OF TEETH. YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO INVEST IN A MAGNIFYING SET OF EYE LOOPS. THERE ARE MANY VARIETIES WITH MANY COSTS. I PURCHASED MY FIRST SET OF MAGNIFYING EYE LOOPS FROM THE ORASCOPIC COMPANY WHILE IN DENTAL SCHOOL, AND MUCH LATER MY L.E.D. HEADLIGHT FROM THE WELCH-ALLYN COMPANY. MY DENTISTRY NOW IS AWSOME.