Equipment

Question 1

What instruments are present in the examination kit?

Answer 1

Intra-oral mouth mirror

Straight probe

College tweezers

Basic Periodontal Examination double-ended probe

Question 2

What is the function of an intra-oral mouth mirror?

Answer 2

Provide indirect vision

Retraction and protection of tissues

Magnification

Reflect light

Question 3

What is the function of a straight probe?

Answer 3

Detection of caries, defective pits and fissures, deficient margins of restorations (overhangs)

Question 4

What is the function of college tweezers?

Answer 4

Picking up and transportation of small objects into and out of the mouth

Question 5

What is the function of a basic periodontal examination double-ended probe?

Answer 5

Measure depth of periodontal pockets

Question 6

What instruments are present in the restorative kit?

Answer 6

Intra-oral mouth mirror

Straight probe

College tweezers

Basic Periodontal Examination double-ended probe

Double-ended (spoon) excavator

Double-ended flat plastic instrument

Double-ended half Hollenback carver

Double-ended amalgam plugger

Double-ended pear/ball-shaped burnisher

Miller forceps

Question 7

What is the function of a double-ended spoon excavator?

Answer 7

Spooning out dental caries from cavities in preparation for restoration

Question 8

What is the function of a double-ended flat plastic instrument?

Answer 8

Deliver materials and remove excess from cavities

Question 9

What is the function of a double-ended half Hollenback carver?

Answer 9

Carve and shape amalgam restorations got correct anatomy ad occlusion

Remove hardened excess material

Question 10

What is the function of a double-ended amalgam plugger?

Answer 10

Pack and condense amalgam into a cavity preparation

Question 11

What is the function of a double-ended pear/ball-shaped burnisher?

Answer 11

Polish and smooth amalgam/composite once condensed in cavity preparation (prevent microleakage)

Question 12

What is the function of Miller forceps?

Answer 12

Secure articulating paper in place when checking occlusion

Question 13

What does a straight probe look like?

Answer 13

One straight angled end

Question 14

What does a BPE probe look like?

Answer 14

Sharply angled, slim probe with markings(mm)

One ball end and one graduated end

Question 15

What does a double-ended spoon excavator look like?

Answer 15

Probe with a spoon on both ends

Question 16

What does a double-ended flat plastic instrument look like?

Answer 16

Probe with flattened “spatulas” on both ends

Question 17

What does a double-ended half Hollenback carver look like?

Answer 17

Short sharp ends

Question 18

What does a double-ended amalgam plugger look like?

Answer 18

Two different sized plug-shaped ends

Question 19

What does a double-ended pear/ball-shaped burnisher look like?

Answer 19

Two different sized pear/ball-shaped ends

Question 20

What extra instrument may also be in the examination kit?

Answer 20

Briault probe

Question 21

What is the function of a Briault probe?

Answer 21

Same as straight probe

Question 22

What extra instrument may be present in the restorative kit?

Answer 22

Ward carver

Question 23

What does a ward carver look like?

Answer 23

One flat plastic instrument end and one half Hollenback carver end

Question 24

What is the ward carver used for?

Answer 24

Carve restorations

Question 25

What does a Briault probe look like?

Answer 25

Like a straight probe but with more bends/angles