Lecture 1 Flashcards
The science and art in dentistry that studies the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of defects in enamel and dentin
operative dentistry
very brittle; cracks and breaks easily
enamel
deforms a little before breaking; is ductile
dentin
two types of operative dentistry
carious and non carious
carious deals with ____ infection; diseased tissue has to be removed with precise ____ preparation
bacterial; cavity
non carious deals with loss of surface tooth structure due to ____ or ____ factors
mechanical; chemical
examples of non carious
attrition, abrasion, erosion, abfraction
the goal of a restorative dentist is to remove the diseased tissue in a precise manner (_____) and replace the missing part with a restorative material (_____)
cavity preparation; restoration
bacterial infectious disease that attacks tooth structure
dental caries
mechanical alteration to remove the diseased tooth structure
cavity preparation
Dental material used to restore back function and morphology of the missing part of the tooth structure
restoration
Dental material placed in a soft state directly in cavity preparation to restore contour before it sets hard (amalgam and composite)
direct restoration
A restoration fabricated outside the oral cavity then cemented or bonded to the tooth (inlay, onlay, crown)
indirect restoration
a device that holds and delivers power to rotating instruments to perform tooth preparation
dental handpiece
For many years has been the mainstay for cutting teeth
air driven dental handpiece
Increasingly popular, quieter, cuts with higher torque, higher power and less stalling…more smooth cutting
electric dental handpiece
runs at less than 12,000 rpm; no water coolants; less efficient, more controlled removal
slow speed handpiece
uses for the slow speed handpiece
Controlled removal-deep caries excavation in close proximity to the pulp
Cleaning external surface of teeth (coronal polishing)
Finishing and polishing procedures (whether it is restoration or a preparation)
12,000-20,000 rpm ; not used
medium speed handpiece
> 200,000 rpm; generates considerable amount of heat and needs water coolant; most cutting efficiency (less vibration and pressure leading to less patient discomfort)
high speed handpiece
uses for high speed handpiece
teeth preparation and removal of old restorations
the ____ is the most common delivery tubing system in the dental unit control panel
4 hole connector line
4 parts to the high speed hand piece
head (not detachable), attachment (contrangled), shaft, coupler
the high speed hand piece head: push button, friction grip head holds only ____ type rotary instruments
friction grip burs
attaches the handpiece to the delivery unit and supplies air and water to the handpiece
coupler
the ____ receives the handpiece coupler
4 hole line
couplers can be ___ or ____ with ___ swivel
fixed; movable; 360
slow speed attachments
slow speed motor, nose cone/straight attachment, contra-angled attachment
the straight attachment is used for ____ procedures
extra oral (outside of the mouth); possibly polishing a crown from the lab
the straight handpiece uses a long ___ type bur or ___ bur
shank; straight
the contrangled slow speed head includes the ___ and _____
latch type (RA) head; friction grip head
the latch type (RA) head accepts only ____ burs
latch end
latch end burs are larger in ____ than the ____ burs
diameter; friction grip
the friction grip head uses friction grip type burs which have a smaller ___ and shorter ____ than the latch type burs
diameter; shanks
2 mechanisms of the friction grip heads
- friction generated from an internal spring assembly (push button)
- A special tool using force to overcome and generate friction (bur tool type)
3 components to rotary instruments
head, neck, shank
the working part of the rotary instrument; consist of either blades or abrasive particulate surfaces; many shapes and sizes
head
3 types of rotary instruments
bladed instruments, diamond (abrasive) instruments, other abrasives
3 types of shanks
straight/long shank, latch design (slow speed contrangled latch type), friction grip design (slow speed contrangle friction grip head and high speed)
not too bulky to interfere with operator’s visibility, not too narrow to become a weak link between the head and shank
neck
bladed rotary instruments or burs are used for ____ and ____
excavating (cutting); finishing
excavating or cutting burs have ___ blades while finishing burs have ____ blades
6-8; 10-20
the greater the number of blades, the ___ the finish
smoother
how finishing burs are color coded
10-12 blades = red
16-20 = yellow
30 = white
bladed instruments can be composed of ___ for blade cutting and ____ for abrasive cutting
carbide; diamond
______ blanks ground to the desired shape. Stronger and harder than stainless steel but brittle
tungsten carbide
Tungsten carbide head is attached to the ____ neck and shank by ____ and ____
steel; welding; brazing
tungsten carbide blades used for ____
intracoronal preparations
diamond instruments: composed of a ____ blank on which small diamond particles are held together within a ____ matrix
metal; softer
on diamond instruments, the shank is color coded for degree of abrasiveness
yellow: superfine
red: fine
blue: medium
green: coarse
black: super coarse