Ch 10. Oral Instruments

Name: Mouth Mirror

Other Name: Dental mirror, laryngeal mirror

Uses: Used for visualization of the mouth, including the teeth, gums, tongue, palate, and cheeks.

Category: Accessory

Name: Arch Bars

Other Name:

Uses: Arch bars are used to manage a fracture of the mandible (jaw). A set of arch bars is placed with wires that will easily conform to the natural arch of the teeth. The arch bars are ideal to maintain a patient’s natural bite in a stationary position until the patient’s bone heals.

Category: Accessory

Name: Potts Elevator

Other Name: T-bar Potts elevator

Uses:To loosen tooth or root from a bony socket before use of the extraction forceps.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Crane Elevator

Other Name: Angular elevator, root tip pick

Uses:To loosen tooth or root from a bony socket before use of the extraction forceps.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Cryer Elevator

Other Name: Flag elevator, root elevator

Uses: To loosen tooth or root from a bony socket before use of the extraction forceps.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Apical Elevator

Other Name: Straight elevator, luxating elevator

Uses:To loosen tooth or root from a bony socket before use of the extraction forceps.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Root Tip Pick

Other Name: Angle pick, dental pick

Uses:Used to retrieve loose root fragments from the socket after an extraction.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: West Periosteal

Other Name: Periosteal elevator

Uses:Primarily used to retract gingival tissue; also used during an incisional extraction to remove soft tissues from the tooth.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Lucas Bone Curette

Other Name: Angled curette

Uses:Often used after tooth extraction to make sure debris and tissue are removed from the socket.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Molt Bone Curette

Other Name: Surgical curette, straight curette

Uses:Often used to remove tissue or debris from bony sockets.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Kelly Scissors

Other Name: Tissue Scissors

Uses:Used for cutting and excising excess or diseased soft tissue.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Dean Scissors

Other Name: Right-angle scissors

Uses:Used for cutting and excising excess or diseased soft tissue.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Spencer Suture Scissors

Other Name: Suture Scissors

Uses:These scissors are used to cut sutures intraoperatively and to remove sutures post- operatively.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Left Upper Molar Extraction Forceps

Other Name: Maxillary left forceps, no. 88L forceps

Uses:Used for extracting the left first and second maxillary molars.

Category: Grasping and Holding

Name: Right Upper Molar Extraction Forceps

Other Name: Maxillary right forceps, no. 88R forceps

Uses:Used for extracting the right first and second maxillary molars.

Category: Grasping and Holding

Name: Lower Molar Extraction Forceps

Other Name: Mandibular forceps (17), no. 17 forceps

Uses:Used for extracting the first and second maxillary molars of the right and left quadrants.

Category: Grasping and Holding

Name: Upper Anterior Extraction Forceps

Other Name: Maxillary universal forceps, Cryer forceps, no. 150 forceps

Uses:Used for extracting the maxillary centrals, laterals, cuspids, premolars, and roots of the right and left quadrants.

Category: Grasping and Holding

Name: Lower Anterior Extraction Forceps

Other Name: Maxillary universal forceps, Cryer forceps, no. 51 forceps

Uses:Used for extracting the mandibular centrals, laterals, cuspids, premolars, and roots of the right and left quadrants.

Category: Grasping and Holding

Name: Minnesota Cheek Retractor

Other Name: Cheek retractor, University of Minnesota retractor, Cawood retractor

Uses:To retract the tongue and cheek away from the surgical site.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Molt Mouth Gag

Other Name: Mouth gag, mouth prop

Uses: To retract the mouth open during procedures.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Mouth Prop

Other Name: Bite block, bite wedge

Uses: To keep the mouth propped open during procedures.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Andrews Tongue Depressor

Other Name: Tongue blade

Uses: Used for retracting the mouth open and the tongue down for exposure of the oral cavity and the back of the throat.

Category: Retracting and Exposing