Dental Assisting - Instruments Quiz 1

Function- Used to give surface for dental instruments

Dental Tray

Mouth Mirror

Function: To provide indirect vision, to retract lips, cheeks, and tongue, and to reflect light into the mouth.

Cotton Forceps

Function: To grasp and/or transfer material in and out of the oral cavity.

Explorers

Function- To examine teeth for decay (caries), calculus, furcation, or canals and other anomalies

Perioprobe

Function: An instrument with incremental marks on the tips to measure the periodontal pockets

Bib Holder

Function- To attach patients bib around the patients neck

High Velocity Saliva Evacuation (HVE)

Function:

To evacuate large volumes of fluid and debris from oral cavity

Low Velocity Saliva Evacuation (LVE)

Function: To evacuate reduced volumes of fluid from oral cavity

Air/Water Syringe Tip

Function: To rinse and dry specific teeth or entire oral cavity

Anesthetic Syringe

Function: To administer local anesthetic (Amalgam and composite instruments)

Amalgam Capsule

Function: Material used to restore a cavity, build up for crown

Amalgam Well

Function: To hold amalgam before it is placed in the preparation

Amalgum Carrier

Function: To carry and dispense amalgam for cavity

Hatchet

Function: An instrument to accentuate line and point angles of internal and external outlines, remove unsupported enamel (Amalgam and composite instruments)

Smooth Condenser

Function: To pack and condense amalgam into cavity preparation

Serrated Condenser

Function: To pack and condense amalgam into cavity preparation

Interproximal Condenser

Function: To pack and condense amalgam into interproximal areas of the cavity preparation

Football Burnisher

Function: To smooth amalgam after condensing, to contour matrix band, to burnish amalgam

Acorn Burnisher

Function: To smooth amalgam after condensing, used to create occlusal anatomy, burnish amalgam

T-Ball Burnisher

Function: To Smooth amalgam after

condensing; to contour matrix band, initiate carving and occlusal anatomy

Beavertail Burnisher

Function:

-To smooth amalgam after condensing

-To burnish the lingual, facial amalgam walls of a restoration

Ball Burnisher

Function:

-To smooth amalgam after condensing

-To contour matrix band before amalgam placement

Tanner Carver

Function: To carve occlusal anatomy into

amalgam restorations

Discoid-Cleoid Carver

Function: To carve occlusal anatomy into amalgam restorations

Woodson

Function: Used as burnisher and condenser(Amalgam and composite instruments)

Hollenback Carver

Function: To contour and carve occlusal and inter-proximal anatomy in amalgam restorations; carves other restorations

Half-Hollenback Carver (2)

Function: To contour and carve occlusal and interproximal anatomy in amalgam restorations

Characteristics: Half the size of Hollenback (1)

Spoon Excavator

Function: to remove carious dentin(Amalgam and composite instruments)

Wood Wedges

Function: To hold matrix band in place along gingival margin of class II(Amalgam and composite instruments)

Plastic Instrument

Function: To carry composite material for cavity preparation, and shape composite, not for any other use

Micro Brush

Function:

Use to apply primer, dentin bond enamel bond, sealants

(Amalgam and composite instruments)

Mylar Strip

Function:

Thin clear strip used to isolate cavity prep, able to use cure light

(Amalgam and composite instruments)

Composite Well

Function: Plastic well used to hold composite, etch, bond, cavity conditioner

Etch

Function: To remove the smear layer, prepare the tooth for bonding(Amalgam and composite)

Cavity Conditioner

Function: Work similar as etch, used to prepare the tooth for a Glass lonomer restoration (Amalgam and composite)

Dycal (Calcium Hydroxide

Composition)

Function: Used for indirect pulp cap, protective liner for deep cavities (Amalgam and composite)

Vitrabond liner

Function: A glass ionomer material used to make a liner

(Amalgam and composite instruments)

IRM (ZOE)

Function: Used as a temporary filling material, sedative filling (Amalgam and composite)

Fuji IX or Fuji II

Function: Used for restorative material for high caries risk, releases fluoride (Amalgam and composite)

Flowable composite

Function: High viscosity, low filler composite, used small areas or before placement of packable composite, differs in shade

Packable Composite

Function: Low viscosity, high filler, permanent restorative material

Composite Gun

Function: Holds composite tip, used to deliver composite to the cavity prep

Composite Shade Guide

Function: To allow the patient to see the shade they would like the filling to be.

High speed handpiece

Function: To be used with a bur to cut cavity/crown prep

(Amalgam and composite instrument)

Low speed handpiece

Function: To remove decay, polish, open pulpal access, endo, refine prep

Full Denture Aliginate Impression Tray Set-Up

1. Mixing Bowl

2. Alignate Material

3. 2x2 Gauzes

4. Cotton Rolls

5. Mixing Spatula

6. Lower Impression Tray

7. Upper Impression Tray

8. Cotton Forceps

9.Explorer/Perioprobe

10. Mouth Mirror

dycal/liner applicator

To Place Calcium Hydroxide or Glass

Ionomer

Articulating Paper Holder

To hold articulating paper in place

To check centric and lateral occlusion

Tofflemire/Matrix Band Retainer

To maintain stability of matrix band during condensing of restorative material for class II preparation

Matrix band

to replace missing proximal walls

Interproximal Knife

To carve interproximal walls of amalgams, to restore contour of proximal walls

Rubber band tray set up

1. Rubber dam

2. Clamp holder

3. Rubber dam holder

4. Rubber dam hole puncher

5. Clamp

composite tray set up instruments

1. 2x2 Gauzes

2. Topical Anesthetic

3. Anesthetic carpules

4. Needle

5. Cotton roles

6. Syringe

7. High Speed hand-piece

8. Restorative Bur block

9. Cotton Forceps

10. Floss

11. Hand mirror

12. Perioprobe

13. Spoon Excavator

14. Acorn Burnisher

15. Ball/Football Burnisher

16. Condenser

17. Plastic Instrument

18. Discloid-Cleoid Carver

19. Beaver tail Carver

20. Bonding Agents

21. Micro brush

22. Mixing Well

23. Articulating Paper

24. Wooden wedges

25. Matrix band

26. Packable Composite

27. Tofflemire

28. Flowable Composite

29. Etch

30. Slow speed

Restorative Bud Block

1. Diamond football

2. Round Bur

3. Latch Round Bur

4.Diamond Round-Nosed

5. White Stone

6. 330

7. 557

8. Diamond Tree Top