Hand Instruments

Question 1

mirrors

Answer 1

viewing intraorally, soft tissue retraction and protection

Question 2

probes and explorers

Answer 2

caries protection, point focus, surface testing and retraction

Question 3

tweezers

Answer 3

for handling small objects, surgical locking or college tweezers

Question 4

excavators

Answer 4

caries excavation, material removal and manipulation, shaping and contouring restoration. 3 sizes

Question 5

chisels and hatchets

Answer 5

finishing cavosurface margin angles and enamel surfaces, removal of unsupported enamel prisms

Question 6

plastics and flat plastics

Answer 6

manipulation of shapeable filling materials, composite or glass ionomer

Question 7

condensers

Answer 7

condensing amalgam, manipulation composite - standard of Lustra

Question 8

carvers

Answer 8

carving amalgam, shaping composite

Question 9

burnishers

Answer 9

finishing amalgam restorations and manipulating composite

Question 10

matrix retainers

Answer 10

replacing cavity walls, assisting in moisture control

Question 11

composite gun

Answer 11

composite placement

Question 12

amalgam carrier

Answer 12

carrying amalgam from Dappen pot to cavity