L2 Instruments Flashcards
Blade for dentoalveolar surgery
15 blade
Periosteal elevator also called
9 Molt
Minnesota
Retracts cheeks or flap
weider
Tongue retractor
Sweetheart
Adson
Use
Where
Grab flap during closure
Easier to use in anterior
Stillies
Use
Used to grab flap during closure
Better for posterior
Allis forceps
Use
Grab lesion when performing biopsy
Russian forceps
Used to grab tooth once already extracted
When to use a Rongeur
When two or more extractions in one quadrant
Post extraction alveoloplasty, smoothing bone
Size of beak on needle holder
15cm
When to use cutting needles
Suturing periosteum
When to sue tapered tip
Delicate tissues like buccal mucosa. Used only for biopsy?
Most common needle and suture
3.0 Chromic gut with PS2 needles
Dean scissors
Serrated blades to cut intraoral suture
Molt mouth prop
When to use
guarded trismus
