Dental Instruments Exam Questions
With Correct Answer New Update
Shepherds Hook Explorer - Answer -✔✔ To examine teeth for decay, calculus and
furcations
Pigtail Explorer - Answer -✔✔ To examine teeth for decay, calculus, and furcations
Bite Block/ Mouth Proo - Answer -✔✔ hold patient's mouth open
High Volume Evacuator (HVE) - Answer -✔✔ Sucks up fluid and debris
Saliva Ejector - Answer -✔✔ Removes fluid from oral cavity
Air/Water Syringe Tip - Answer -✔✔ rinse and dry specific areas
Articulating Paper Holder - Answer -✔✔ holds articulating paper
Color Code Rings - Answer -✔✔ Separates instruments for rooms or procedures
Fluoride Tray - Answer -✔✔ holds fluoride for treatment
Floss Threader - Answer -✔✔ holds floss to make flossing easier
Anesthetic Syringe - Answer -✔✔ to administer a local anesthetic
Anesthetic Carpule/Cartridge - Answer -✔✔ to hold liquid Anesthetic
Hoe - Answer -✔✔ to clean and smooth floor and walls in cavity preparation
Hatchet - Answer -✔✔ To clean and smooth floor and walls in cavity preparation
Straight Chisel - Answer -✔✔ To plane and smooth walls in cavity preparation
Wedelstaedt Chisel - Answer -✔✔ To plane and cleave enamel in cavity preparation
Binangle Chisel - Answer -✔✔ To plane and cleave enamel in cavity preparation
Mesial Gingival Margin Trimmer - Answer -✔✔ To bevel cervical walls
Distal Gingival Margin Trimmer - Answer -✔✔ To bevel cervical walls
, Spoon Excavator - Answer -✔✔ to remove carious dentin
High Speed Handpiece - Answer -✔✔ use with bur to cut tooth with decay
Contra Angle Attachment - Answer -✔✔
Prophy Angle Attachment - Answer -✔✔ to polish teeth with prophy angle
Round Bur - Answer -✔✔ Remove caries from tooth structure
Tapered Bur - Answer -✔✔ to cut cavity prep
Flame Bur - Answer -✔✔
Lab/Acrylic Bur - Answer -✔✔ to cut models or trim acrylic in lab
Bur Block - Answer -✔✔ to be used on dental tray setups, holds burs
Condenser - Answer -✔✔ to pack and condense amalgam into cavity prep
Football Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Ball Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Acorn Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Beavertail Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Discoid-Cleoid Carver - Answer -✔✔ to carve occlusal anatomy into restoration
Hollenback Carver - Answer -✔✔ contour and carve occlusal and interproximal
anatomy
Amalgam Well - Answer -✔✔ holds amalgam
Amalgam Carrier - Answer -✔✔ to carry and dispense amalgam for cavity prep
Amalgam Carrier(Plunger) - Answer -✔✔ to carry and dispense amalgam for cavity
prep
Amalgam Capsule - Answer -✔✔ holds amalgam while trituration
With Correct Answer New Update
Shepherds Hook Explorer - Answer -✔✔ To examine teeth for decay, calculus and
furcations
Pigtail Explorer - Answer -✔✔ To examine teeth for decay, calculus, and furcations
Bite Block/ Mouth Proo - Answer -✔✔ hold patient's mouth open
High Volume Evacuator (HVE) - Answer -✔✔ Sucks up fluid and debris
Saliva Ejector - Answer -✔✔ Removes fluid from oral cavity
Air/Water Syringe Tip - Answer -✔✔ rinse and dry specific areas
Articulating Paper Holder - Answer -✔✔ holds articulating paper
Color Code Rings - Answer -✔✔ Separates instruments for rooms or procedures
Fluoride Tray - Answer -✔✔ holds fluoride for treatment
Floss Threader - Answer -✔✔ holds floss to make flossing easier
Anesthetic Syringe - Answer -✔✔ to administer a local anesthetic
Anesthetic Carpule/Cartridge - Answer -✔✔ to hold liquid Anesthetic
Hoe - Answer -✔✔ to clean and smooth floor and walls in cavity preparation
Hatchet - Answer -✔✔ To clean and smooth floor and walls in cavity preparation
Straight Chisel - Answer -✔✔ To plane and smooth walls in cavity preparation
Wedelstaedt Chisel - Answer -✔✔ To plane and cleave enamel in cavity preparation
Binangle Chisel - Answer -✔✔ To plane and cleave enamel in cavity preparation
Mesial Gingival Margin Trimmer - Answer -✔✔ To bevel cervical walls
Distal Gingival Margin Trimmer - Answer -✔✔ To bevel cervical walls
, Spoon Excavator - Answer -✔✔ to remove carious dentin
High Speed Handpiece - Answer -✔✔ use with bur to cut tooth with decay
Contra Angle Attachment - Answer -✔✔
Prophy Angle Attachment - Answer -✔✔ to polish teeth with prophy angle
Round Bur - Answer -✔✔ Remove caries from tooth structure
Tapered Bur - Answer -✔✔ to cut cavity prep
Flame Bur - Answer -✔✔
Lab/Acrylic Bur - Answer -✔✔ to cut models or trim acrylic in lab
Bur Block - Answer -✔✔ to be used on dental tray setups, holds burs
Condenser - Answer -✔✔ to pack and condense amalgam into cavity prep
Football Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Ball Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Acorn Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Beavertail Burnisher - Answer -✔✔ to smooth amalgam after condensing
Discoid-Cleoid Carver - Answer -✔✔ to carve occlusal anatomy into restoration
Hollenback Carver - Answer -✔✔ contour and carve occlusal and interproximal
anatomy
Amalgam Well - Answer -✔✔ holds amalgam
Amalgam Carrier - Answer -✔✔ to carry and dispense amalgam for cavity prep
Amalgam Carrier(Plunger) - Answer -✔✔ to carry and dispense amalgam for cavity
prep
Amalgam Capsule - Answer -✔✔ holds amalgam while trituration
