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used to grasp the instrument. Supplied in various weights, diameters, and surfaces.
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shaft or handle
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connects the handle to the working end. It is sometimes called the instrument neck.
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shank
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also called the blade or the nib. The rounded end is the toe, the pointed end is the tip.
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working end.
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dental setup
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armamentarium
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used for reflection, retraction, and visual observation.
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mouth mirror
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sharp, flexible, pointed instrument used to detect caries and calculus, to explore restorations or surfaces and furcations, to make marks and pick up cotton points or materials.
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explorer
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tweezer-like pinchers used to transport materials to or from the mouth.
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cotton forceps
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longer pointed instrument with measured marks on the tip. used to assess tissue pocket depths.
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periodontal probe
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double-ended instrument with a diagnosing probe tip at one end and an explorer at the other.
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expros
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double-ended instrument with a probe-marking tip on one end and a pen oth the opposite.
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pen-probe
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thin-bladed hadn instrument with a pointed tip and two cutting edges. used to "scale" or scrape off hard deposits from teeth.
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scaler
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sharp blade in the shape of a sickle. Used to remove calculus from the tooth surfaces.
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sickle scaler
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round-tipped thin blade with a longer neck and two cutting eges. Used to remove subgingival deposits.
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curette
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nonmetallic, resin-tipped instrument, designed to remove deposits around titanium implant abutments.
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implant scaler/curette
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hand instrument with flat-bladed incision tips of various shapes and angles. Used to remove or recontour soft tissue.
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periodontal knives
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handle for attaching assorted size and shaped blades. Used to incise or remove tissue.
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scalpel
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hand instrument with long-necked, cup-like, sharp-edged blades.
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excavator
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hand instrument with a long, slender, curved, flat blade.
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gingival margin trimmer
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smaller bladed instrument with a tip resembling a farm hoe.
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hoe
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hand instrument with a sharp-edged hatched-like tip. Used to remove hard tissue.
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hatchet
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thin-bladed hand instrument used to remove decay or carve newly placed restorative material.
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carver
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double-ended long-necked, carving instrument with a pointed tip on one end and a disc-shaped blade on the other end. Used to carve anatomy features in newly placed restorations or to remove decay and tooth tissue.
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cleoid/discoid carver
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hand instrument with narrow, straight blade used to cut away enamel tissue.
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chisel
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hand instrument with a flat balde used to carry, transfer, and pack materials or to carve restorative material.
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plastic filling instrument
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