Armamentarium

Question 1

Answer 1

barbed broach

removal of pulp tissue and cotton pellets

Question 2

Answer 2

reamers

enlarge root canal, negotiate canals to their apices

Question 3

Answer 3

k files

plane/smooth walls

spirals are closer than reamers

Question 4

Answer 4

DG16 endo explorer

locate and explore canal orifices

Question 5

Answer 5

hedstrom file

rigid; remove old fillings, sometimes plane/smooth canal walls

Question 6

Answer 6

lentulo spiral

slow-speed latch only

used to place cements/medicaments/sealers into canals

Question 7

Answer 7

self-adapting file

hollow, compressible

not used much due to fracture

Question 8

Answer 8

gates-glidden

straight-line access prep (open orifices)

rings indicate the number file

Question 9

Answer 9

peeso reamer

straight-line access

Question 10

Answer 10

spreaders

vertical and lateral pressure/compression for gutta percha placement

Question 11

Answer 11

glick #1

“paddle” end (for placement of materials such as temporary restorations) and a “plugger” end (for removal or condensation of gutta-percha)

Question 12

Answer 12

niti file

superelastic

Question 13

Answer 13

orifice opener

Question 14

Answer 14

Question 15

Answer 15

finger ruler

Question 16

Answer 16

endo handle

Question 17

Answer 17

apex locator

Question 18

Answer 18

endo activator

Question 19

Answer 19

irrigation syringe

Question 20

Answer 20

endo suction tip

Question 21

Answer 21

mueller burs

access prep

Question 22

Answer 22

endo-z bur

safety tip

access prep