Dental Tools Flashcards
Snap-On Mandrel
used with contra angle and wheel and disc attachments for finishing and polishing
Screw-on mandrel
used with wheel and disc attachments for finishing and polishing
Diamond Burs
used for bulk reduction of crown preparation
Wheel Bur
used to cut retention in cavity preparation
Tapered Fissure Plain
used to smooth the walls for cavity preparation
Tapered Fissure Cross-cut
used for tooth reduction for cavity preparation
Straight Fissure Cross-cut
Used for tooth reduction for cavity preparation. 557
Straight Fissure Plain
used to smooth walls for cavity preparation
Inverted Cone
to cut retention in cavity preparation
Round
to cut an entrance into the tooth for cavity preparation
Finishing Diamond
used to smooth and refine porcelain and composite restorations
Carbide Bur
used for finishing porcelain and composite restorations
Acrylic or Denture Bur
used to trim acrylic for temporary crowns or dentures
Grey Point
used for polishing composite
Robinson Brush
used for polishing with pumice and water outside of mouth
Greenies and Brownies
used to smooth and polish amalgum restorations
Green and white stone
used for polishing amalgum and composite restorations
Sandpaper Discs used with
snap-on mandrel and contra-angle low speed
Sandpaper Discs used to
used to smooth and finish composites restorations