Dental Instruments

Dental Instruments
Mouth Mirror - -Instrument used to view
oral cavity, reflect light, and retract cheek.
Beaver tail burnisher - -Used to smooth the
restoration
Cotton Pliers - -Takes materials to and
from the oral cavity.
Curved hemostat - -Use to hold small items
during restorative or surgical procedures
Perio Probe - -Measures depth of sulcus /
gum pocket
Endo explorer - -feels for root canal
openings
Hatchet or Chisel - -Smoothes enamel
walls.
Pigtail explorer - -Feels tooth for soft or
rough areas
Discoid cleoid - -carves occlusal of
amalgam
Shepherd's hook explorer - -Feels tooth for
soft or rough areas
amalgam condenser - -pushes amalgam
into prep
Articulating paper holder - -holds marking
paper
Black or Spoon excavator - -removes
carries
crown bumper - -taps off crowns

Football burnisher - -Smoothes restorative
material before it gets hard. Cotton roll holder - -holds cotton rolls on
the mandibular posterior area

Ball burnisher - -Smoothes restorative
material before it gets hard. Plastic filling instrument - -Pushes and
shapes composite into tooth

Acorn / star carver burnisher - -Smoothes
and shapes restorative material before it gets Star carver - -Carves occlusal of amalgam
hard restoration


T-ball burnisher - -burnishes matrix band Gingival margin trimmer - -Smoothes the
and shapes restorative material before it gets gingival floor of amagam prep
hard
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