HOSA dental terminology- tools

Dental Tray

provides an area specific for instruments

Mouth Mirror

To provide indirect vision
To retract lips

Cotton Forceps

To Grasp and/or transfer
material in and out of the oral
cavity

Explorers

To Examine teeth for decay
(caries)

Perioprobe

An instrument with incremental
marks on the tip to measure
the periodontal pockets

Bib holder

Dental instrument handles

Handles for detachable
instrument

Patient Bib

To prevent materials

Cotton Rolls

To isolate teeth and absorb saliva
Act as a protective tissue barrier

aid in endodontic diagnostics

2x2 Gauze

Absorbent cloth

Basic tray setup

Mouth mirror

High velocity saliva evacuation (HVE)

To evacuate large volumes of fluid
and debris from oral cavity

Low velocity saliva evacuation (LVE)

To evacuate reduced volumes of
fluid from oral cavity

Air/Water syringe tip

To rinse and dry specific teeth or
entire oral cavity

Ultrasonic scaler unit

To use with water-cooled
ultrasonic tips

Ultrasonic scaler tips

To remove supra/subgingival
calculus on teeth

Universal curette

To Scale and remove deposits
and stain

Area- Specific curette

To scale and remove deposits
from specific sub gingival surfaces

Sickle scaler

To remove large amounts of
deposits from supragingival
surfaces

0. 12% Chlorhexidine

Oral rinse before treatment

Prophy cup & paste

To polish coronal surface after
cleaning or before certain
operative procedures

Fluoride Varnish

To decrease post cleaning
sensitivity

Prophy angle

To polish teeth with prophy cup or
brush

Prophylaxis Tray

Tray meant for preventing disease:
1. Cavitron Tip
2. Mouth Mirror
3. Perioprobe
4. Scalars
5. Straight Nose
6. Prohpy Angle
7. Prophy Paste
8. 2x2 Gauzes
9. Cotton Rolls
10. Floss

Topical anesthetic

Painless anesthesia

Lidocaine - red

Anesthetic with epinephrine

Polocaine - tan

A non-epinephrine anesthetic

Anesthetic needle

To inject anesthetic into soft
tissue

Amalgam capsule

Material used to restore a cavity

Amalgam well

To hold amalgam before it is
placed in the preparation

Dental Hatchet

An instrument to accentuate
line and point angles of internal
and external outlines

Smooth condenser

To pack and condense amalgam
into cavity preparation

Burnisher

Tool used to polish

Carver

To carve occlusal anatomy into
amalgam restorations

Dycal applicator

To Place Calcium Hydroxide or Glass
Ionomer

Tofflemire Band retainer

To maintain stability of matrix
band during condensation of
restorations

Matrix band

To replace missing proximal walls of
cavity preparation for condensation
of restorative material

Spoon excavator

To remove carious dentin
To remove temp cement

wood wedges

To hold matrix band in place
along gingival margin of class II

Mylar Strip

Thin clear strip used to isolate cavity
prep

Curing light

To harden light-cure materials

Etch

To remove the smear layer

Cavity conditioner

used to prepare the tooth for a Glass
Ionomer restoration

Dycal (Calcium Hydroxide
Composition)

Dycal (Calcium Hydroxide
Composition)

Vitrabond liner

A glass ionomer material used
to make a liner

IRM

Used as a temporary filling
material

Fuji IX

Used for restorative material
for high caries risk

Flowable composite

High viscosity

High speed handpiece

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