Dental Assistant

Front 1

Mouth mirror

Back 1

used for reflection, retraction, and visual observation

Front 2

Explorer

Back 2

A sharp, flexible, pointed instrument used to detect cavity's and calculus, to explore restorations surfaces & furcations to make location marks, & to pick up cotton points or materials.

Front 3

cotton forceps

Back 3

tweezers like pinchers used to transport materials to & from the mouth.

Front 4

periodontal probe

Back 4

a longer instrument with measured marks on the tip.
*used to assess depth of tissue pockets
* available with round or flat blade
* may be color coded to help determine measurement

Front 5

Expro

Back 5

double ended instrument with a diagnosing probe tip at one end and an explorer tip on the other end.

Front 6

Pen Probe

Back 6

a double ended instrument with a probe marking tip on the end & a pen on the opposite end.