Dental Instruments Flashcards
what are types of hand instruments?
- cutting
- non-cutting
What are the tools we have for dentistry?
- Hand instruments
- rotary instruments
non-cutting tools
- amalagm condensers
- mirrors
- explorers
- probes
cutting tools
- excavators
- chisels
- ect
what is this
nib
the shank is ________ to allow the cutting edge of the blade
to be within the projected axis of the handle
angled
double handed instruments are
more effiecent
single ended instruments are
safer
know picture
triple has 3 bends bin has two bends …..
bi-bevels
- chisels
- ordinary hatchet
single bevels
gingival margin trimmer
Formulas
- width
- cutting edge (clockwise centigrade)
- blade length (mm)
- blade angle (clockwise centigrade)
W Ca BL Ba
Cutting edge angle is
NOT present all of the time
expressed as a percent of 360 degree
with the mirror
always have in non-dominant hand
What hand instruments do we use for a prep?
- MIRROR
- explorer
- perio probe (lab only)
- spoon excavator (CLINIC only)
Explorer
◦ Feel for caries (clinic)
◦ Feel for smoothness, sufficient interproximal clearance (lab)
what do we use for an amalgam restoration
- MIRROR
- amalgam carrier
- condensers
- burnishers
- carvers
in clinic :articularing paper holder
what do we use for a composite restoration?
- MIRROR
- composite gun
- condensers
- burnishers
- hollenback
- optrasculpt
- curing light
- articulating paper (clinic)
what are thing we use for a class 2 restoration?
- Shepherd’s hook explorer
- Matrix band
◦ Tofflemire + band for amalgam
◦ Sectional (Palodent Plus) for composite - Forceps
What hand instruments do we use sometimes in restorations?
dycal instrument and spatula
instrument classification type
- purpose
- positon of use
- working end
- shape of shank
- comnination
hatchets
- sharpen line angles
- place retention
cutting
spoons
remove caries
cutting
gingival margin trimmers
- mesial and distal
- bevel enamel at the gingival
cutting