Instruments Flashcards
Bein straight elevator
Dental elevators have three major components: handles, shank, and blade.
Straight Elevators
Used to luxate the tooth before the tooth forceps is used
Their blade has a concave surface on one side, it can be used in the same fashion as a shoehorn
The blade can be angled from the shank (working in the more posterior aspects of the mouth)
Mosquito Hartmann haemostat
Instruments for controlling bleeding
have relatively long, delicate beaks with parallel grooves on their inner surface to grasp the tissue,
handles with locking mechanismus, the clamps remain clamped onto the tissues
are provided in different size and shapes ( straight or curved )
may be used for picking up small particles from the wound area
Salivary Gland Duct Probe
Allis forceps
Instruments for grasping tissues
Allis tissue clamps have locking handles and beaks with more teeth and permit a stronger and more convenient grasping of the tissue during dissection.
Mandibular crown foreceps for 1st and 2nd molar
Forceps for lower molars have bilateral pointed tips to adapt to the bifurcation and vertical hinge
Adson forseps
Instruments for grasping tissues
finger protector
White Straight Elevator
Dental elevators have three major components: handles, shank, and blade.
Straight Elevators
Used to luxate the tooth before the tooth forceps is used
Their blade has a concave surface on one side, it can be used in the same fashion as a shoehorn
The blade can be angled from the shank (working in the more posterior aspects of the mouth)
Austin retractor
Instruments for retracting soft tissues
Austin, Minnesota retractors can retract the cheeks and the mucoperiosteal flap.
Konig-Mucoperiosteal Elevator
Instruments for elevating mucoperiosteum
Mayo-Hegar needleholders
Instruments for suturing
Needle holder have locking handles and short, stout beaks with crosshatched surface for grasping the needle and the sutures
Mandibular root foreceps for ALL lower teeth
Heister mouth prop for sedated patient
Lecluse triangular elevator
Probe
Mouth Mirror - Instruments for retraction of the tongue
Angled college forceps - Non-traumatic dissecting forceps and angled college forceps are not useful for handling tissues,are used for placing and removing gauze packs, foreign materials.
Freer elevator (mucoperiosteum)
Instruments for elevating mucoperiosteum
Cryer triangular elevator
Dental elevators have three major components: handles, shank, and blade.
Triangular elevators:
Provided in pairs: left and right
Are used for lower roots
Are most useful when a broken root remains in the socket and the adjacent socket is empty
The blade is inserted into the socket, the shank rest on the buccal plate of the bone, then the elevator is turned with the sharp tip engaging cementum
Tongue Retractor (spatules)
Instruments for retraction of the tongue
Maxillary crown forceps for 1st and 2nd molar
Forceps for upper molars ( three-rooted teeth) are provided in pair: left and right, the palatal beak has a smooth, concave surface, the buccal beak is pointed in the centre.
Chisels
Instruments for removing bone
Chisels ( monobevel for cutting bone ) and mallett with nylon facing are not commonly used in oral surgery
Middledorpf retrator
Instruments for retracting soft tissues
Middledorpf retractor for retracting cheeks
Molt Raspatorium
Instruments for elevating mucoperiosteum
Pean haemostat
Instruments for controlling bleeding
have relatively long, delicate beaks with parallel grooves on their inner surface to grasp the tissue,
handles with locking mechanismus, the clamps remain clamped onto the tissues
are provided in different size and shapes ( straight or curved )
may be used for picking up small particles from the wound area
Mandibular crown forceps for incisors canines and premolars 5-5
Forceps for single-rooted teeth have smooth, relatively narrow beaks pointed inferiorly and a hinge in a vertical position