Hand Instruments Flashcards
What are the two types of tweezers?
Surgery & college
What are tweezers used for?
Handling small objects
Plucking eyebrows ko ur not funny
What are the two types of excavator?
Spoon
Round
What are excavators used for?
Caries excavation
Material removal and manipulation
Shaping and contouring restoratives
What are chisels used for?
Finishing cavo-surface margin angles and enamel surfaces
Removal of unsupported enamel prisms
What are gingival margin trimmers/hatchets used for?
Finishing cavo-surface margin angles and enamel surfaces
Removal of unsupported enamel prisms
What are the two types of plastics?
Plastics
Flat plastics
Regina George ko ur not funny again
What are plastics used for?
Manipulation of shapeable filling materials
What are three types of condensers?
Lustra amalgam instrument J
Guy’s plugger
Standard plugger
What are condensers used for?
Condensing amalgam
Manipulating composite
What are carvers used for?
Carving amalgam
Shaping composite
What are burnishers used for?
Finishing amalgam restorations
Manipulating composite
What are spatulas used for?
Mixing materials - except resin/filler based cements and restoratives
What are applicators used for?
Placement of lining materials
*They look like a CPITN probe as they have a ball end
What are matrix retainers used for?
Replacing cavity walls
Assisting in moisture control