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21 Cards in this Set
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Features of dental instruments |
Working end Shank Handle |
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Mouth mirror and handle |
To provide indirect vision or to reflect light |
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Sickle / contra angle probe |
Detects calculus and caries. Deficient margins of restorations, crowns and bridges |
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Periodontal probe |
Measures the depths of periodontal pockets |
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Briault probe |
Detects caries on mesial and distal surfaces |
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College/locking tweezers |
Place small things and retrieving things from the mouth |
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Rubber dam clamp forceps |
Placing and remove rubber dam clamps on and from tooth |
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Rubber dam frame |
To stretch the rubber dam and maintain the working area of the patients mouth |
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Metal ruler |
Measurements of lengths e.g endodontic k files |
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Matrix band retainer |
Used to hold a stainless steel matrix band securely |
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Matrix band retainer |
Used to hold a stainless steel matrix band securely |
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Spoon excavator |
A spoon shaped working end for spooning out dental caries from the cavity preparation |
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Matrix band retainer |
Used to hold a stainless steel matrix band securely |
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Spoon excavator |
A spoon shaped working end for spooning out dental caries from the cavity preparation |
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Weston spatula |
Used for mixing dental materials e.g zinc phosphate |
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Dg16 probe |
Used to probe and detect canal opening with the pulp chamber |
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Flat plastic |
Used to deliver materials to the cavity preparation |
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Beaver tail burnisher |
Used to smooth and polish amalgam once condensed in prepared cavity |
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Universal Hobsons plugger & mortonson cleve dent plugger |
Used to pack and condense amalgam in prepared cavity |
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Universal Hobsons plugger & mortonson cleve dent plugger |
Used to pack and condense amalgam in prepared cavity |
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Hollenback 3 1/2 carver & cleoid discoid carver |
Used to carve and shape the amalgam restoration for correct anatomy and occlussions |