G. Mod. 9 Technique-Movement And Orientation To Tooth Surface Flashcards
Stages of psychomotor development
- Observing
-mental attention to steps of psychomotor skill - Imitating
-attempted coping of psychomotor skill - Practicing
-attempting psychomotor skill over and over - Adapting
-fine tuning, minor adjustments to perfect skill
Muscle memory
Frequently enacted muscle tasks that are stored in brain
Myelination
Process of forming myelin sheath around nerve to allow nerve impulses to move more quickly
Automaticity
Perform psychomotor skill smoothly easily and without frustration
Motion activation
Muscle action used to move working end of an instrument across a tooth surface
Instrumentation strokes are ____ movements
Tiny
1-2 mm
2 types of motion activation
Wrist rocking
Digital activation
Wrist rocking motion
For calculus removal
Hand wrist arm work as unit to rotate to move working end
Less fatigue
Motion like door knob
Digital motion
When is it used
Flex thumb index and middle fingers
Used when physical strength not required
Push and pull movements
Probe explorer-assessment, ultrasonic
Rolling instrument
Turning handle between thumb and index
Drive finger determines direction
Pivoting
When is it most used
Swinging motion, balancing on fulcrum
Tiny movement
Used principally when moving around line angle onto proximal
Mandibular roots
Anteriors tilt inward
Premolars more vertical
Mandibular molars tilt outward
Orientation of crown surface differs from orientations of
Root surface
Fulcrum
Acts as brake to stop movement @ end of stroke