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What does the left hand do?  Retraction of soft tissues  Retrieval and exchange of instruments  Air water syringe  Wiping the ends of instruments as they are taken out of the mouth  Delivery in the two handed instrument transfer technique What does the right hand do?  Delivery and retrieval of syringe in the hidden syringe transfer method  Delivery of mirror during mirror and explorer transfer  Delivery of materials  Pick up hand in the two handed instrument transfer technique Common instrument transfer methods  One handed transfer  Hidden syringe transfer  Two handed transfer One handed transfer method  Thumb and first two finger for “delivery”  Last two fingers for “pickup”  Everything is done with the left hand leaving the right hand free for other tasks  Repeated verbal communication can become tiring for both the dentist and assistant  Hand piece transfer  Care must be taken not to tangle the hoses when 2 hand pieces are exchanged  Air water syringe transfer  Deliver the handle of syringe by bending the wrist slightly as the dentist positions the hand to receive it  Scissors transfer  These are held close to the working end before transfer  Mirror and probe transfer  The assistant can deliver both of these at the same time with a two handed delivery  The mirror is delivered with the right hand and the probe with the left hand Common problems  Crowding  Shorting  Tangling  Disorientation Crowding  Sometimes a dental assistant can be so eager in having an instrument ready for transfer by holding it too close to the operator’s hand while another instrument is still in use  This is distracting and is prevented by holding an instrument ready 20-25cm from the operator’s hand Shorting  An instrument is delivered too close to the operator in such a way that the hand receives it too close to the working end