DTHY 225: OSCE Review

Explorer uses

locate calculus composite, carious lesions, and evaluate completeness of treatment

What kind of stroke does an explorer use?

Exploritory

Nickname of the 3CH explorer

Pigtail

Where can you use the 3CH explorer?

posterior teeth

Where can you use the 11/12 explorer?

anywhere!!

Components of a After 5 gracey

Has a terminal shank which is 3mm longer than that of a standard gracey

Components of a mini 5 gracey

A terminal shank is 3 mm longer but ½ the blade length

Where can you use the 14/15 gracey

Buccal Md Right

Lingual Md Left

Buccal Mx Left

Lingual Mx Right

Where can you use the 13/16?

Lingual Md Right

Buccal Md Left

Lingual Mx Left

Buccal Mx Right

Where can you use the ½ gracey?

Anteriors

How many cutting edges are on a gracey?

One on each blade

How is the blade on a gracey?

offset to the terminal shank

How many cutting edges are on a sickle?

Two

where should the blade be placed on a tooth for a sickle?

so that the face is perpendicular (90 degrees) to the terminal shank

What is the sickle used for?

scaling supragingival proximal calculus or just removal under the pinpoint of adjacent teeth

Where is the 6/7 sickle used?

only on anterior teeth

The handle of a sickle is ___

offset

Where is the NEVI 3 used?

on both anterior and posterior teeth, on proximal surfaces on posterior teeth

Where do you use the 3 end of the WVU 3/4?

Buccal Md Right

Lingual Md Left

Buccal Mx Left

Lingual Mx Right

Where can you use the 4 end of a WVU 3/4?

Lingual Md Right

Buccal Md Left

Lingual Mx Left

Buccal Mx Right

Where can you use the 13 end of a 13/14 universal?

Buccal Md Right

Lingual Md Left

Buccal Mx Left

Lingual Mx Right

Where can you use the 14 end on the 13/14 Universal?

Lingual Md Right

Buccal Md Left

Lingual Mx Left

Buccal Mx Right