NON CUTTING INSTRUMENTS

• Dr.linda Maher

1) AMALGAM CARRIER

2) CONDENSER3) BURNISHER4) CARVER

NON CUTTING INSTRUMENTS

Diagnostic instruments

1) MIRROR2) PROBE3) TWEEZER

Plastic instruments

1) DYCAL APPLICATOR2) CEMENT SPATULA

Amalgam instruments

• INSTRUMENTS USED DURING EXAMINATION

Diagnostic instruments are:

1. Mouth mirror.

2. Dental explorer(probe).

3. Tweezers .

1\DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS

Uses of mouth mirrors: 1\To reflect light in the mouth.

2\To retract lips, cheeks, and tongue.

3\To provide indirect vision.

1\MOUTH MERRORS

• LIGHT REFLICTION

• TONGUE RETRACTION

• INDIRECT VISION

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1)EXAMINATION PROBES: pointed instrument used for examination & detection of caries,

calculus & restoration margins

E.G. (orban- Nabors- shephered-pigtail)

2)PERIODONTAL PROBES: Detect and measure the depth of periodontal pocket

2\DENTAL EXPLORERS(probes)

periodontal probes

1\orban 2\shepherd’s 3\pigtail

• To grasp or transfer items and/or material into and out of the oral cavity.

• Plain or serrated tips.• Pointed or rounded tips

3\tweezers(cotton forceps)

• They are also called cement carriers as they are used to carry the mixed cement into the prepared cavity.

• In past these instruments were made of plastic, but now are available in either hard plastic or metal.

• They are two types 1\ Dycal applicator.

2\Cement spatula

2\PLASTIC INSTRUMENTS

• small hand instrument with small round nib• used for mixing and placing calcium hydroxide in the

prepared cavity

1)DYCAL APPLICATORS

• instruments with flat nibs and blunt edges

• Shank is straight • Used for: manual mixing of cements and carrying materials

2)SPATULA

1\AMALGAM CARRIER(PLUGGER)• To carry and dispense amalgam for cavity preparation.• Single or double ended

3\AMALGAM INSTRUMENTS

2\CONDENSER• Used to pack and condense amalgam into cavity preparation.• Single or double sided.• Smooth or serrated ends

3\BURNISHER

• hand instrument with rounded edges

• nibs are smooth with different angulations and different shapes (ball shape-egg shape-bullet shape ….etc)

• used to: polish or burnish the amalgam

restoration by rubbing the surface to make it shiny

4\CARVERS:• Used to carve and contour the occlusal anatomy

of amalgam restoration

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