NON CUTTING INSTRUMENTS Dr.linda Maher

1) AMALGAM CARRIER 2) CONDENSER 3) BURNISHER 4) CARVER NON CUTTING INSTRUMENTS Diagnostic instruments 1) MIRROR 2) PROBE 3) TWEEZER Plastic instruments 1) DYCAL APPLICATOR 2) CEMENT SPATULA Amalgam instruments

INSTRUMENTS USED DURING EXAMINATION Diagnostic instruments are: 1. Mouth mirror. 2. Dental explorer(probe). 3. Tweezers. 1\DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS

Uses of mouth mirrors: 1\To reflect light in the mouth. 2\To retract lips, cheeks, and tongue. 3\To provide indirect vision. 1\MOUTH MERRORS

LIGHT REFLICTION TONGUE RETRACTION INDIRECT VISION.

1)EXAMINATION PROBES: pointed instrument used for examination & detection of caries, calculus & restoration margins E.G. (orban- Nabors- shephered-pigtail) 2)PERIODONTAL PROBES : Detect and measure the depth of periodontal pocket 2\DENTAL EXPLORERS(probes)

periodontal probes

1\orban 2\shepherd’s 3\pigtail

To grasp or transfer items and/or material into and out of the oral cavity. Plain or serrated tips. Pointed or rounded tips 3\tweezers(cotton forceps)

They are also called cement carriers as they are used to carry the mixed cement into the prepared cavity. In past these instruments were made of plastic, but now are available in either hard plastic or metal. They are two types 1\ Dycal applicator. 2\Cement spatula 2\PLASTIC INSTRUMENTS

small hand instrument with small round nib used for mixing and placing calcium hydroxide in the prepared cavity 1)DYCAL APPLICATORS

instruments with flat nibs and blunt edges Shank is straight Used for: manual mixing of cements and carrying materials 2) SPATULA

1\AMALGAM CARRIER(PLUGGER) To carry and dispense amalgam for cavity preparation. Single or double ended 3\AMALGAM INSTRUMENTS

2\CONDENSER Used to pack and condense amalgam into cavity preparation. Single or double sided. Smooth or serrated ends

3\BURNISHER hand instrument with rounded edges nibs are smooth with different angulations and different shapes (ball shape-egg shape-bullet shape ….etc) used to: polish or burnish the amalgam restoration by rubbing the surface to make it shiny

4\CARVERS: Used to carve and contour the occlusal anatomy of amalgam restoration

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