Instruments Flashcards
Instrument that looks like a small spoon?
Small spoon Excavator
EXC 18
Instrument that looks like a large spoon?
Large spoon excavator
EXC 197
Instrument that look like a golf putter?
Small Hatchet
10-7-14
-An instrument to accentuate line and point angles of internal and external outlines, remove unsupported enamel
Describe what a Chisel looks like and the numbers associated with it?
- binangle chisel
- Fxn: to plane & cleave enamel in cavity preparation
- Used w/ push motion; two angles in the shank; single or double ended
In the number 15-8-8 Describe what the numbers represent?
1st # = WIDTH of blade in tenths of a millimeter
2nd # = LENGTH of blade in millimeters
3rd # = ANGLE blade makes w/ handle in Centigrade degrees
Instrument used to condense/pack amalgam?
Amalgam Condenser
PL GO/16 NC
Instrument used to condense/plug and place amalgam?
Amalgam Condenser
PLG 55057
Which instrument is double ended, and known as the long-bladed carver used to shape restorations?
Hollenbeck Carver
CVHL 1/27
Fxn: contour & carve occlusal and interproximal anatomy in amalgam restoration
Which instrument is small and double ended, looks like a claw and looks like a round disk?
Small Discoid-Cleoid
CD 4/57
-Cleoid-discoid shape. (Cleoid looks like a claw & discoid looks like a round disk)
Which instrument is large and double ended, looks like a claw and looks like a round disk?
Large Discoid-Cleoid
CD 3/67
-Cleoid-discoid shape. (Cleoid looks like a claw & discoid looks like a round disk)
Which instrument is very popular to smooth composite and amalgam, which has two ends. (One shaped like a acorn the other a long tail)
Beavertail & Acorn Burnisher
Which instrument is egg and ball shaped on one side?
Ball Burnisher
BB27/297
Which carver instrument pointy on both sides, can remove flash from the gingival margin in an amalgam carving?
14L De Meo Carver
-Careful not to traumatize gingival (use explorer & floss to check for gingival smoothness)
How many plastic composite instruments are there?
-3
- One of them is called TN5475
- Most of them are flat and long
Which instrument is used interproximally for amalgam?
-One end is flat and wide the other more rounded.
Interproximal amalgam carver (plastic)
