INSTRUMENT ID EVAL FUNCTIONS

Question 1

dental dam forceps

Answer 1

used in placement and removal of dental dam clamps

Question 2

crown and bridge scissors

Answer 2

trims stainless steel and temporary crown margins

Question 3

dental dam clamp

Answer 3

primary means of anchoring and stabilizing the dental dam

Question 4

inter proximal carver

Answer 4

recreates contour of proximal box

Question 5

liner applicator

Answer 5

places calcium hydroxide or glass ionomer into cavity prep

Question 6

low speed

Answer 6

contra angle latch; 10,000-30,000 RPM; holds L.A rotary instruments, endodontic burs and mandrels. removes decay and refines prep

Question 7

chisel

Answer 7

planes and cleaves enamel in cavity prep

Question 8

spoon excavator

Answer 8

removes carious dentin

Question 9

amalgam carrier

Answer 9

carries and dispenses amalgam for cavity prep

Question 10

composite placement instrument (PFI)

Answer 10

carries composite material to cavity prep; can be used to place, condense and carve composite material in cavity prep

Question 11

articulating paper holder

Answer 11

holds articulating paper in place; checks occlusion

Question 12

high speed

Answer 12

holds friction grip rotary instruments/burs; 450,000 RPM; removes diseased tooth structure of old restorations

Question 13

Howe pliers 110

Answer 13

used for placement of wedges; transfer of cotton products

Question 14

hoe

Answer 14

cleans, smooth floor and walls in cavity prep

Question 15

angle former

Answer 15

accentuates lines and point angles in internal outline and retention in cavity prep

Question 16

dental dam frame

Answer 16

to hold, stabilize and stretch dental dam so it fits tightly around the teeth and is out of the way of the operator

Question 17

cotton forceps (pliers)

Answer 17

grasps or transfers items and materials in and out of the oral cavity

Question 18

burnisher

Answer 18

used to smooth amalgam after condensing

Question 19

hatchet

Answer 19

removes unsupported enamel

Question 20

tanner carver and discoid-cleoid carver

Answer 20

carves occlusal anatomy into amalgam restorations

Question 21

condenser

Answer 21

packs and condenses amalgam or other restorative materials/temporary restorations

Question 22

round bur

Answer 22

to remove carries from tooth structure

Question 23

pear shaped bur

Answer 23

to open tooth for restoration and to remove carries

Question 24

inverted cone bur

Answer 24

to establish retention in tooth for cavity prep

Question 25

Burs; Straight-fissure plain-cut, tapered-fissure plain-cut, straight-fissure cross-cut, tapered-fissure cross-cut

Answer 25

to cut cavity prep; form inner walls of prep ; place retention grooves in walls of prep

Question 26

finishing bur

Answer 26

restores anatomy in tooth

Question 27

diamond burs

Answer 27

to reduce a tooth for crown prep

Question 28

GMT

Answer 28

to bevel cervical walls of mesial and distal retention areas

Question 29

names of different chisels

Answer 29

binangle, wedelstaedt, straight,

Question 30

mandrel

Answer 30

to attach discs for finishing and polishing (inside or outside oral cavity)

Question 31

sandpaper, composite disc

Answer 31

contour restorations

Question 32

brownie

Answer 32

smooths amalgam

Question 33

greenie

Answer 33

polishes amalgam

Question 34

shapes of burnishers

Answer 34

football, ball, acorn, t-ball, beavertail,

Question 35

hollenback carver

Answer 35

contour and carve occlusal and inter proximal anatomy in amalgam

Question 36

woodson

Answer 36

carry and place temporary restorative material for cavity prep(paddle), to condense material (plugger end)

Question 37

composite burnisher

Answer 37

final contouring of anatomy, pits, fissures, grooves