PERIODONTAL INSTRUMENTATION

BY:DR. ACHI JOSHI

MDS I YEAR

RIGHT TOOL FOR RIGHT JOB

“We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

PARTS

HANDLES

SHANK

COMPLEX SHANKSIMPLE SHANK

STRAIGHT SHANK

PARTS OF WORKING END

MOUTH MIRROR

1. INDIRECT VISION

2. RETRACTION

ILLUMINATION TRANS ILLUMINATION

PROBESPeriodontal probe and its use was first described by F.V.

Simoton of the University Of California, San Francisco in 1925.

MARQUIS COLOR CODED PROBE

• Calibrations are in 3mm sections.

• Markings are 3,6,9,12mm.

The UNC-15 Probe

• 15mm long.

• Markings are at each mm and color coding at the 5th,10th and 15thmm

WHO Probe

WILLIAMS GRADUATED PERIODONTAL PROBE

• Markings include 1,2,3,5,7,8,9 and 10 mm with 4mm and 6mm missing.

• For ease in measuring .

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN O PROBE WITHOUT WILLIAMS MARKING

• Markings are at 3, 6, and 8mm.

NABERS PROBE

PLASTIC PROBES FOR IMPLANTS

PROBING

TO CHECK BLEEDING ON PROBING

EXPLORER

SHEPHARDS HOOK

COWHORN &PIGTAIL

ORBAN TYPE

11/12 EXPLORER

SICKLE SCALER

UNIVERSAL CURETTE

GRACEY CURETTES

RIGID GRACEY

AFTER FIVE

3mm

CURVETTE SERIES

LANGER

FILES

HOE SCALER

CHISEL SCALER

MECHANISED INSTRUMENTS

POLISHING INSTRUMENT

AIR POWDER POLISHING

SCHWARTZ PERIOTRIVERS

DENTAL ENDOSCOPES

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

PERIODONTAL KNIVES

SURGICAL CURETTE

PERIOSTEAL ELEVATORS

CHISEL

BACK ACTION CHISEL

TISSUE FORCEPS

TISSUE NIPPERS

SCISSORS

NEEDLE HOLDERS

HEMOSTATS

POCKET MARKER

RETRACTORS

MAGNIFICATION LOUPES

PRINCIPAL OF LOUPES

EVALUATION OF SHARPNESS

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