Hand Instruments Flashcards

1
Q

What are the two types of tweezers?

A

Surgery & college

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2
Q

What are tweezers used for?

A

Handling small objects

Plucking eyebrows ko ur not funny

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3
Q

What are the two types of excavator?

A

Spoon

Round

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4
Q

What are excavators used for?

A

Caries excavation
Material removal and manipulation
Shaping and contouring restoratives

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5
Q

What are chisels used for?

A

Finishing cavo-surface margin angles and enamel surfaces

Removal of unsupported enamel prisms

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6
Q

What are gingival margin trimmers/hatchets used for?

A

Finishing cavo-surface margin angles and enamel surfaces

Removal of unsupported enamel prisms

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7
Q

What are the two types of plastics?

A

Plastics
Flat plastics
Regina George ko ur not funny again

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8
Q

What are plastics used for?

A

Manipulation of shapeable filling materials

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9
Q

What are three types of condensers?

A

Lustra amalgam instrument J
Guy’s plugger
Standard plugger

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10
Q

What are condensers used for?

A

Condensing amalgam

Manipulating composite

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11
Q

What are carvers used for?

A

Carving amalgam

Shaping composite

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12
Q

What are burnishers used for?

A

Finishing amalgam restorations

Manipulating composite

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13
Q

What are spatulas used for?

A

Mixing materials - except resin/filler based cements and restoratives

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14
Q

What are applicators used for?

A

Placement of lining materials

*They look like a CPITN probe as they have a ball end

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15
Q

What are matrix retainers used for?

A

Replacing cavity walls

Assisting in moisture control

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16
Q

What are amalgam carriers used for?

A

Carrying amalgam from Dappen pot to cavity

17
Q

What are composite guns used for?

A

Composite placement

18
Q

What are probes used for?

A
Caries detection
Point focus
Surface testing
Manipulation of objects
Retraction
19
Q

What are the areas of a non-cutting instrument?

A

Point (face)
Nib
Shank
Handle

20
Q

What are the areas of a cutting instrument?

A

Cutting edge
Blade
Shank
Handle

21
Q

What are the two types of applicators?

A

Thymozin no. 2

Thymozin no. 3