Chapter 35 + 36 Flashcards
Rubber dam clamps
#12A molars in quad 2 and 4 #13A molars in quad 1 and 3 #0,1,2A premolar clamps all quads #8 molars in all quads #14 molars in all quads #212 butterfly - anterior usually during endodontics
Types of isolation
Cotton roll
Dry angle
Dental dam
Advantages and disadvantages of cotton rolls
Advantages
- Easy to apply
- No additional equipment needed
- Available in many sizes and very flexible
Disadvantages
- Doesn’t provide complete isolation
- Doesn’t protect patient from aspiration
- If removed improperly it can rip the oral mucosa
Hole sizes
1 - mandibular anteriors 2 - maxillary anteriors 3 - premolars 4 - molars 5 - clamped
Aspirate
To draw back or to draw within
Bow
Rounded part of the clamp that extends through the dental dam
Exposed
Pertaining to selected teeth visible through the dam
Invert
To reverse the position, order, or condition. Inside out or upside down
Isolated
Pertaining to selected teeth visible through the dam
Jaws
Part of a clamp that is shaped into four prongs to help stabilize the clamp on the tooth
Malaligned
Displaced out of line.
Septum
Dental dam material located between the holes of the punched dam
Stylus
Sharp pointed tool used for cutting
Universal
The same clamp that can be placed on the same type of tooth in the opposite quadrant
Winged clamp
Type of dental dam clamp that has extensions to help retain the dental dam
Bur
A steel or tungsten carbride rotary cutting instrument
Console
Freestanding cabinet that holds contents or control devices such as the laser handpiece