FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the present invention with the sliding hose nut withdrawn as it would be during installation of the device. This is for illustration and a more effective disclosure of the device. The bulkhead end of the dental handpiece tubing is connected to a corresponingly designed and matched end located at a dental unit for supplying electric power, air and water from the dental unit, through the tubing, to a dental handpiece of the fiber optic type.

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›1.independentA bulkhead end of dental handpiece tubing with electric power for fiber optic capability, as shown and described.

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