One Driver. 16 Tips. Every System You Restore.
For GPs and specialists who restore more than one implant system
One Driver. 16 Tips. Every System You Restore.
Six calibrated torque settings from 10 to 35 Ncm. A right-angle head that reaches #2 and #31. And the tips for Nobel, Straumann, Zimmer, and BioHorizons already in the tray, so the case never stops because the right driver is in the other operatory.
Get The Driver, $439Free shipping over $100. 60-day money-back guarantee, even after you've used it chairside.
The Case Is Ready. The Driver Isn't.
The abutment is seated. The patient is numb. Your assistant is holding out the tray.
And the tip you need is not on it.
It's in the drawer under the second operatory sink, in the OEM case that came with a system you stopped placing four years ago. Or it's in the autoclave. Or it walked out with the associate on Thursday and nobody has seen it since.
So you improvise. You grab something close enough. You hand-tighten and tell yourself you'll re-torque at the two-week check. Or you stop, break scrub, and go hunting while a patient with a rubber dam in their mouth listens to you open and close cabinets.
None of that shows up on a P&L. It shows up in your shoulders at 4:15 on a Thursday.
It's Not You. It's Kit Sprawl.
Here's what happened, and it happened slowly enough that nobody noticed.
You didn't choose to restore four implant systems. The systems chose you. A patient moves in from out of state with a Nobel platform. The oral surgeon down the street switched to Straumann last year. You inherited a chart full of Zimmer from the practice you bought. Every one of those cases arrives with its own connection, its own screw, its own driver.
And every manufacturer solved that problem the same way. They sold you another wrench.
So the drawer fills. Four cases, four bodies, four sets of tips, four different torque mechanisms your team has to remember the quirks of. Not one of them is universal. Not one of them is ever fully sterile, fully stocked, and fully in the room at the same moment.
That is Kit Sprawl. It is not a spending problem. It is a readiness problem. And it does not get better by buying a fifth kit.
Collapse Four Drivers Into One Instrument
The Taft Variable Torque Driver was built around a single decision: separate the torque mechanism from the connection.
The body is what stays constant. Precision ball bearings, six calibrated detents at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 Ncm. You dial the number the manufacturer specifies and drive until you feel and hear the click. No estimating by wrist. No "that felt like about 30."
The tips are what change. Sixteen of them, covering the connection geometries used across all major systems. Hex, torx, unigrip, in long and short. They lock into the head, so nothing spins loose in the posterior at the worst possible second.
One body. Sixteen connections. One tray your assistant sets up the same way for every implant case that walks in, regardless of whose implant is in the bone.
That's the whole idea. Stop managing four half-complete kits and run one complete one.
Dial the number the manufacturer specifies. Drive until it clicks.
What You Actually Get At The Chair
Every spec below is written the way it shows up in the operatory, not the way it shows up on a catalog page.
Six torque settings, 10 to 35 Ncm
Which means you match the manufacturer's spec for healing caps, temp cylinders, and final abutment seating with the same instrument, instead of keeping a torque chart taped inside a cabinet door.
Audible and tactile click
Which means you know you hit the number. Not from feel, not from experience, from the mechanism. Your associate and your new hire get the same result you do.
Right-angle head
Which means #2 and #31 stop being a wrist puzzle. You approach the screw from an angle your hand can actually hold steady.
16 driver tips, all major systems
Which means the out-of-state Nobel case and the inherited Zimmer case use the same tray setup.
Locking tip engagement
Which means nothing drops into an open field or down a throat while you're reaching.
135 degree autoclavable heads, spare included
Which means it runs on your normal handpiece cycle, and the case doesn't wait on a single head coming out of sterilization.
Reverse torque built in
Which means a stuck healing cap or abutment comes out with the same instrument. Turn the base counter-clockwise, step the setting up, back it off.
Free shipping over $100. Ships next day from Cincinnati.
20 Reviews. 85% Five Stars.
"It's easy to use, very practical and has any tip you would need in long and short. Great product any dentist who places or restores implants should have."John HannaVerified Purchase
"I can tell you my stress level was LOW while using this. I wasn't sure if I would be able to feel and have that tactile sensation of the driver seating down into the screw head, but it was great. Loved everything about it and I used it on one of my smallest mouthed patients with no problem."A Utah dental officeVerified Purchase
"My preliminary use of this driver shows it works well especially in hard to reach areas. Makes access easier."Douglas Tucker, DDSVerified Purchase
4.7 out of 5 | 20 reviews | 17 of 20 rated it five stars
The Dental Tax, Removed
Comparable variable torque drivers run $600 to $800. Not because the mechanism costs that. Because of what sits between the factory and your operatory: the distributor, the catalog, the rep who visits twice a year and adds his margin to every line item.
We sell direct to the dentist. Same precision. None of that.
- No distributor margin
- No catalog overhead
- No rep commission on every line item
| What you get | Value |
|---|---|
| Variable Torque Driver, 6 calibrated settings, right-angle head | $439 |
| 16 driver tips, all major systems, long and short | $100+ |
| Spare 135° autoclavable driver head | Included |
| Free shipping | $0 |
| 60-day chairside trial | Included |
| Comparable catalog setups | $600 to $800 |
| Direct from Taft | $439 |
Not $800. Not $600. $439, shipped free, with two months to decide it earned its place on your tray.
Use It On Real Cases For 60 Days
You are not buying this off a photo. Put it in the autoclave. Put it in a posterior case. Hand it to your assistant and see if the setup gets faster.
If it doesn't make your implant restorations easier, faster, and less stressful, send it back inside 60 days for a full refund. Used, sterilized, tips out of the tray. It doesn't matter. Full refund, no questions asked.
We can offer that because of what happens after doctors try it. They stop opening the other drawer.
Why This Exists
This started in Cincinnati as a favor. My father-in-law is a dentist, and I got tired of watching him pay catalog prices for instruments that cost a fraction of that to make.
So we went direct to the manufacturers, cut out the distributor layer, and sold the result to him. Then to his friends. Now to hundreds of practices across the country.
Same instruments. Without the dental tax.
Mitch
Founder, Taft Dental
513-580-8414 | sales@taftdentalco.com
Questions Dentists Ask Before Ordering
Will these tips actually fit the systems I restore?
How do I know the torque is accurate?
$439 seems low for a torque driver. What's the catch?
Can I sterilize it?
What if a screw is stuck?
I'm a GP, not a surgeon. Is this for me?
What if I don't like it?
One Tray. Every Implant Case On Your Schedule.
Six torque settings. Sixteen tips. A right-angle head that reaches the molars. A spare head so nothing waits on the autoclave.
$439, shipped free, direct from Cincinnati. Sixty days to decide.
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Questions or bulk orders: 513-580-8414
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