Scalers

Question 1

What is a probe with 2 alternating long black lines called?

What is it used for?

Answer 1

WHO probe

Used for BPE

Question 2

What is a probe that has lots of little black lines on it called?
What is it used for?

Answer 2

UNC-15 probe

Used for CPE

Question 3

What is a usually white long skinny curved probe called?

What is it used for?

Answer 3

Nabers probe

Measuring and detecting the furcation

Question 4

What does a Mini Sickle scaler look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 4

The mini sickle scaler has a green handle and has 2 cutting edges.
It is universal and can go 1-2mm in to the gingival margins.
It is used for supragingival instrumentation.

Question 5

What does a Sickle scaler look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 5

Remember it’s H6/H7 with a Green handle.
It is universal and can go 1-2mm in to the gingival margins.
It is used for supragingival instrumentation.

Question 6

What does an Anterior Jacquette/push scaler look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?
Also called a Macfarlane scaler

Answer 6

It has a green handle and on one end is a pointy beak looking instrument and on the other is a mini spatula looking thing.
They are both just for anterior teeth.
It is for supragingival instrumentation.
check location

Question 7

What does a Posterior Jacquette look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 7

It is has a green handle and looks like a beak on either end
It is used for posterior teeth
It is used for supragingival instrumentation

Question 8

What does a Langer 5/6 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 8

This langer is blue and has a straighter top
It is used for anterior teeth
It is used for subgingival instrumentation

Question 9

What does a Langer 1/2 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 9

This langer is pink and has a slight bend in the top
It is used for lower molar and premolars teeth
It is used for subgingival instrumentation

Question 10

What does a Langer 3/4 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 10

This langer is yellow and has a slight bend in the top
It is used for upper molars and premolars teeth
It is used for subgingival instrumentation

Question 11

What does a Gracey’s 5/6 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 11

This Gracey is yellow and has a longer top
It can be used anterior & premolars (all surfaces)
It’s used for subgingival instrumentation

Question 12

What does a Gracey’s 7/8 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 12

This Gracey is green and has a slight bend in it
It can be used for molars & premolars (buccal & lingual surfaces)
It’s used for subgingival instrumentation

Question 13

What does a Gracey’s 11/12 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 13

This Gracey is orange and has a more bent top
It can be used molars & premolars (mesial surfaces)
It’s used for subgingival instrumentation

Question 14

What does a Gracey’s 13/14 look like?
Where can it be used?
What is it’s function?

Answer 14

This Gracey is blue and has a bent over top
It can be used molars & premolars (distal surfaces)
It’s used for subgingival instrumentation