Chapter 34 Flashcards
Dental hand instruments:
Must be able to withstand sterilization procedures.
Hand instruments are designed with three specific parts: the handle, the shank, and the ________
Working end.
Use of the mouth mirror includes:
Retraction and tissue protection
Double-ended hand instruments are characterized by having two working ends and:
Two shanks.
Types of instruments used to inspect the health status of the oral cavity are called __________ instruments.
Examination.
A basic set up is composed of:
Mirror, explorer, and cotton pliers
The hand cutting instrument used to manually remove decayed tooth structure is the ______.
Excavator
The instruments placed on the tray after the exam instruments (basic set up) are _______.
Hand cutting
Instruments used to place, condense and carve the material back into normal tooth anatomy are called _______.
Restorative
A restorative instruments made from anodized aluminum or Teflon is a _______.
Composite placement instrument
Accessory instruments can include:
Cement and impression spatulas
One of the most convenient and efficient ways to organize instruments & supplies for a specific procedure is the use of:
Color-coding system
The instruments most often referred to by number rather than by name are:
Pliers and forceps
Which function of the mouth mirror helps guard the tongue or cheek against accidental injury caused by a dental bur?
Tissue protection
In a tray set up, the instruments placed the farthest to the left are ________ instruments.
Basic set up
The three specific parts of hand instruments are the:
Handle, shank, and working end
Which number represents the length of the blade according to G.V. Blacks instruments formula?
Second
A preset sterile tray should be taken to the treatment area
Before you seat the patient
The instrument that transports freshly triturated amalgam is called?
Carrier
The hand cutting instrument that gets the gingival margin is the _______
The gingival margin trimmer
The type of carver that is used primarily for occlusal surfaces is the _________.
Cleoid-discoid
What two instruments in the basic set up are transferred simultaneously?
Mirror and explorer
The wedelstaedt is an example of what type of manual hand cutting instruments?
Chisel
What can be used to check a patients bite on a restoration?
Articulating paper
The type of scissors used in restorative most often are _______ scissors.
Crown and bridge
A Woodson is a:
Double ended instrument with a nib on one end and paddle on the other end.
A flexible mixing spatula ( #15 , #24 ) is :
Used to mix liners, bases, and cements.
The working end of an explorer is best described as:
Thin and wire like
__________ is the best way to organize hand instruments and be prepared for a procedure.
Preset cassettes
A plugger is also known as a an:
Amalgam condenser
The part of the instrument that attaches the working end to the handle is the:
Shank
What term describes having a sense of touch or feeling?
Tactile
