export_chapter 16 equine dental equipment supplies and instrumentations

Question 1

What is recommended height for front door of stocks?

Why?

Answer 1

• less than 1 m

- so horse can drop head without compressing trachea

Question 2

Why shouldn’t speculum noseband be used to suspend horse head?

Answer 2

• can get pulled off and damage incisors

Question 3

What is recommended antiseptic for oral rinses?
What is dilution?
What is possible side effect?
What might prevent this?

Answer 3

• chloroxidine gluconate
• 0.05%
• anorexia
• periogard or other flavor

Question 4

When is it OK to use a mouth gag?

Answer 4

-only when working on the incisors

Question 5

What diameters of plastic tubing are recommended for gags?

Where are they placed?

Answer 5

• 3.81, 5.08, 7.62 cm

- between the bars

Question 6

What type of gag is no recommended?

Answer 6

• Schouppe coil or spool

Question 7

What are 3 types of full mouth speculums?

Answer 7

• lightweight, collapsible ratchet speculums
• screw type speculum
• oversized compound-action, hinged type speculum

Question 8

What are 3 lightweight ratchet specula?

• 3 screw type specula?
• Compound action hinged type?

Answer 8

• Macpherson, Hausmann, Series 2000
• Gunther, Stubbs, Butler
• Conrad, McAllen, Alumispec

Question 9

What is most durable and aggressive float blade?

Answer 9

• solid tungsten carbide

Question 10

What is a solid tungsten float blade made out of?

Answer 10

• tungsten, carbon and cobalt powder compressed into blade and sharpened

Question 11

What courseness of tungsten carbide blade should be used for float and why?

Answer 11

• fine or medium.

- more resistant to chpping

Question 12

What is advantage of solid tungston carbide float vs grit?

Answer 12

• less vibration so less sedation required

Question 13

Should blades cut on push or pull?

Answer 13

• varies with tooth but 11s should always cut on pull so won’t tramatize caudal mouth

Question 14

What are three types of float shafts and advantage/disadvantage of each?

Answer 14

• Round (slid through fingers easily)
• flat - allow user to asses blades angle v.v. tooth
• 3/4 both advantages

Question 15

What should basic set of floats include?

Answer 15

• short straight
• long straigt
• upper back molar (15 degrees)
• premolar (15 degrees contra/obtuse angle)

Question 16

What floats are used for the following?

• create/polish bit seats
• polish bit seats/smooth incisors/reduce canines
• reduce wave mouth

Answer 16

• 22-38 cm shaft with offset head and short blade box
• carbide chip or diamond s float/steel file
• long, wide S float = “table float”

Question 17

What are three types of power floats?

Answer 17

• cable operated rotating burrs in line with float shaft
• rotating discs turned 90 degrees to shaft
• reciprocating floats

Question 18

Can you use a dremel to float equine teeth?

Answer 18

• not recommended d/t potential for shock

Question 19

What are advantages of disk burs vs rotary?

Answer 19

• less potential to damage soft tissue

- easier to master use

Question 20

What is recommended rpm for motorized floats?

Why?

Answer 20

• 2000-3000

- reduce pulp damage from overheating

Question 21

What feature is recommended to prevent soft tissue damage if burr pulls on cheek or tongue?

Answer 21

• clutch

Question 22

What should not be used on equine canine teeth for reducing crown?
Why not?
What should be used?

Answer 22

• nippers and cutters
• no control and will fracture tooth
• small files or diamond disk grinders at low speed