Optech instruments

Question 2

Name the instrument and its use

Answer 2

Mirror viewing intra-orally, Soft tissue retraction and protection

Question 3

Name the following instrument and its uses

Answer 3

Probes, Caries detection, Point focus, Surface testing, Manipulation of objects, Retraction

Question 4

Name the instruments and what they’re used for

Answer 4

Upper - surgery tweezers Lower - college tweezers Used for manipulation of small objects

Question 5

Name the instrument and their use

Answer 5

Excavators Round excavators and spoon excavators Used for caries excavation, material removal and manipulation and shaping and contouring restoratives.

Question 6

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 6

Chisels Used for finishing of cavo-surface margin angles and enamel surfaces Removal of unsupported enamel

Question 7

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 7

Gingival margin trimmers / hatchets Same as chisels CSMA and enamel surface finishing Removal of unsupported enamel

Question 8

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 8

Plastics Use for manipulation of shapeable filling materials

Question 9

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 9

Condensers Used for condensing amalgam and shaping composite Also a plugger is a condenser with a small ball at end

Question 10

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 10

Carvers, used for carving amalgam and shaping composite

Question 11

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 11

Burnisher Used to finish amalgam Restorations and manipulate composite

Question 12

Name the instrument and its uses

Answer 12

Burnisher Used to finish amalgam Restorations and manipulate composite