What are the three specific parts of a hand instrument? - Answer -handle, shank, and working end
What are the four classifications of instruments discussed in class? - Answer -Exam, Hand-cutting,
Restorative, Accessory
List 4 examples of examination instruments. - Answer -Mouth Mirror, Explorer, Cotton Pliers,
Periodontal Probe
List the three instruments that make up the basic setup. - Answer -mirror, explorer, cotton pliers
Spoon Excavator - Answer -Hand Cutting: Remove soft dentin, debris, and decay from tooth. (most
common: spoon excavator, black spoon)
Hoe - Answer -Hand Cutting: Plane walls and floors of tooth prep. (push-pull action)
Chisel - Answer -Hand Cutting: Cut enamel margin of tooth prep, form sharp lines, point angles, and
place retention grooves. (Straight, Bin-angle, Wedelstaedt , and Angle-former chisel)
Hatchet - Answer -Hand Cutting: Cut enamel and smooth walls & floors of tooth prep
, Gingival Margin Trimmer - Answer -Hand Cutting: Cut enamel and place bevels along gingival enamel
margins of the prep.
Amalgam Carrier - Answer -Restorative: Double-ended instrument with wells on both ends to pack fresh
amalgam in & carry to prepped tooth.
Condenser - Answer -Restorative: Condense (pack down) fresh placed amalgam into the preparation.
(flat end that are smooth or serrated)
Burnisher - Answer -Restorative: Used to smooth the surface of fresh placed amalgam restoration. (Ball,
Football, T-shaped, Beavertail)
Hollenback Carver - Answer -Restorative: Remove excess material, contour surfaces, and carve anatomy
back into amalgam or intermediate restoration b4 it hardens. (Used to remove excess material)
Discoid-Cleoid Carver - Answer -Restorative: Remove excess material, contour surfaces, and carve
anatomy back into amalgam or intermediate restoration b4 it hardens. (Used for occlusal)
Amalgam Knife - Answer -Restorative: Used to remove excess material along margin where material and
tooth structure meet; most commonly interproximal.
List 4 of the functions of a mouth mirror - Answer -Indirect vision, retraction, indirect illumination, and
transillumination
Using Black's instrument formula for a three-number instrument, indicate what each number
represents. - Answer -Width, Length, Angle
Class I - Answer -Decay is diagnosed in the pits and fissures of the occlusal surfaces of molars and
premolars, the buccal or lingual pits of molars, and the lingual pits of maxillary incisors.
Class II - Answer -Decay is diagnosed on the proximal (mesial or distal) surfaces of premolars and molars.
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