Kit Contents (Functions) Flashcards
Mouth mirror
- To provide indirect vision
- To retract lips, cheek, tongue
- Reflects light into mouth
Explorer
To examine teeth for decay (caries), calculus, furcations, or other abnormalities
Cotton Forceps (Pliers)
To grasp or transfer items and/or material into and out of the oral cavity
Spoon Excavators
•To remove carious dentin •secondary function: - remove temporary crowns -remove temporary cement in temporary restoration -remove permanent crown during try-in
Dycal instrument (liner applicator)
To place calcium hydroxide or glass ionomer in cavity preparation
Condensor (plugger)
-smooth and serrated
- to pack and condense amalgam
- to pack and condense other restorative materials
- to pack and condense temporary filling material
Woodson
- Paddle end: to carry and place temporary restorative material for cavity preparation
- Plugger end: to condense restorative material
Burnisher
-Football and Acorn
- to smooth amalgam after condensing
- to contour matrix band before placement
- to perform initial carving of amalgam
- to burnish other restorative material
- to burnish temporary filling material
Burnisher
-Beavertail
- to smooth amalgam after condensing
- to perform initial carving of amalgam
- to invert dental dam
- to burnish other restorative materials
- to burnish temporary filling material
Carvers
-Discoid Cleoid
- to carve occlusal anatomy into amalgam restorations
* to contour and carve occlusal and inter-proximal anatomy in other restorative and temporary filling materials
Articulating paper holder
- to hold articulating paper in place
* to check centric and lateral occlusion
Tofflemire
-matrix band retainer
To maintain stability of matrix band during condensation of restoration material for class to prep
Composite placement instrument
-plastic instrument
- to carry composite material for cavity preparation
* to place, condense, and carve composite material in cavity preparation
Spatula
-flexible mixing spatula
To mix dental materials
