Dental Assisting Instrument Test

Mouth Mirror

Provide indirect vision, retract lips cheeks and tongue, reflect light into mouth

Explorer

Examine for teeth decay, calculus, furcations, or other abnomalities

Cotton Pliers

To grasp or transfer items/ materials into or out of the mouth

Periodontal Probes

To measure periodontal pocket depth in mm

Air Water Syringe

To rise and dry specific teeth of entire oral cavity

Anesthetic Syringe

To administer a local anesthetic

HVE

To evacuate large volumes of fluid and debris

Saliva Ejector

To evacuate smaller volumes of fluid

Slow Speed/ Contra-Angle

Use with bur for intraoral and extraoral procedures

High Speed Handpieces

Use with bur to cut tooth with decay or other dental anomalies

Slow Speed Motor

To use with slow speed attachments

Bur Shanks

To insert shank part of bur into handpiece

Round Bur

To remove caries from tooth structure, open tooth for endodontic treatment, and place retention in cavity preparation

Excavators (Spoons)

To remove carious dentin, temporary crowns, temporary cement, and permanent crown during try-in

Finishing Bur

To finish composite restoration or equilibrate or adjust occlusion

Diamond Bur

Reduce a tooth for crown preparation when a square shoulder is needed

Mandrel- Snap On

To attach discs to Mandrel for finishing and polishing

Mandrel- Screw On

To attach discs to Mandrel for finishing and polishing

Lab Bur

To cut models or trim acrylic in laboratory

Amalgam Carrier

To carry and dispense amalgam for cavity preparation

Amalgam Condenser

To pack and condense amalgam, temporary filling, or other restorative matierial

Burnishers

Football, Ball, Acorn. Smooth amalgam after condensing, contour matrix band, initial carving of amalgam, burnish other temporary or restorative matieral

Dycal

To place calcium hydroxide or glass ionomer

Cleoid/ Discoid

To carve occlusal anatomy into amalgam or any other restorative and temporary filling

Hollenback Carver

To carve occlusal and interproximal anatomy into amalgam or other restorative and temporary fillings

Woodson Carver

To carry and place material. To condense restorative material

Toffelmire

To maitain stability of matrix band

Amalgamator

To mix alloy and mercury in amalgam capsule

Amalgam Well

To hold amalgam before its placed and when loaded in amalgam carrier

Articulating Paper Holder

Holds articulating paper in place

Curing Light

To harden light cured materials

Shade Guides

To select a shade for permanent and temporary restorations and appliances

Plastic Filling Instrument

To carry, place and condense, and carve composite material for cavity preparation

Dri-Angles

Used when an area in the mouth needs to stay dry

Mouth Prop

Holds patient's mouth open during procedure

Broach

To remove pulp tissue from canals

K-Files

To clean and contour inner walls of canal

Paper Points

To dry pulp chambers of canal

Gutta-Percha

To fill pulp chamber after completion of canal preparation

Endo Explorer

To locate opening of small canal orifices for endodontic procedure

Endo Locking Forceps

Pliers that grasp and lock material for transfer

Scalpel Handle/ Blades

Holds blade that's used to cut tissue or trim interproximal restorations

Sissors

To cut tissue

Hemostats

To grasp tissue or bone fragments

Periosteal Elevators

To separate tissue from tooth or bone

Surgical Currette

To remove debris, granulation tissue, or cysts from surgical site.

Sutures

To suture surgical site

Straight Elevators

Loosens tooth from periodontal ligaments and separate and lift tooth

Cryer Elevators

To loosen, separate, and lift tooth. Used on posterior teeth

Root Tip Picks

To lift and remove small root tips

Rongeurs

To trim and remove excess alveolar bone after extraction

Bone File

To remove or smooth rough edges of alveolar bone

Cowhorn Forceps

To extract mandibular first and second molars

Surgical Suction

To evacuate fluid from oral cavity and surgical site

Maxillary Universal Forceps #150

To extract maxillary centrals, laterals, cuspids, premolars, and roots

Mandibular Universal Forceps #151

To extract mandibular centrals, laterals, cuspids, premolars, and roots

Sharps Containers

Storage for sharps

Flexible Rubber Bowl

To mix material, usually a powder or liquid

Alginate Spatula

Used to mix powder and liquid in a flexible bowl

Impression Trays

Used for taking impressions

Mixing Gun

To mix material for impression trays, syringes, and bite registration

Laboratory Vibrator

To vibrate material in mixing bowl to remove air bubbles

Lab Knife

To separate impressions from models and for hand-trimming

Model Trimmer

To trim plaster, stone, or die stone models

Cement Spatula

To mix dental materials

Paper Mixing Pads

To mix dental materials