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25 Cards in this Set
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Bone Files
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double-ended instrument with a rounded working end with serrations.
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Dressing Pliers
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tweezers of various sizes and designs with pointed beaks.
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Elevators
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surgical instruments used to raise a tooth from its socket.
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Forceps
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instruments that have a handle, a neck, and a nib or beak.
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Hemostats and Needle Holders
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used frequently in dental surgery. Look much like scissors with locking joints and serrated beaks.
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Mouth Props and Mouth Gags
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Used for keeping m outh wide open while a dental procedure is being performed.
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Operating Lights
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Seversl types and sizes of operating lights are available. Helps properly allow dentist to do procedures.
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Retractors
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Used for holding tissues away from the operating field.
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Rongeurs
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Used for nipping uneven or unwanted bone pieces by contouring and shaping the bone after extraction as an aid to proper healing of the alveolar ridge.
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Scapels/Surgical Blades & Blade Romoval Device
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surgical knives with a disposable or reusable handle.
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Scissors
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specialized scissors that are used in oral surgery.
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Surgical Aspirators
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Suction tips with long handles and narrow tip openings.
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Surgical Burs & Handpieces
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similar to burs but they are larger in size and are used to remove bone, to expose root tips, or to divide teeth in preparation for sectioning and removal.
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Surgical Chisles & Mallet
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surgical chisels are longer, thicker, and heavier than regular tooth chisels. Available in small, medium, and large blade-width tips. Surgical mallet is a hammer-shaped device used to apply pressure to chisels.
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Surgical Curettes
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hand instruments with a spoon-shaped face that are inserted in the socket or surgical site to remove infectious material, lesions, and/or debris.
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Surgical Preset Trays
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hand instruments and other related accessories used for a surgical procedure can be prepared, stored, and transported together as a preset tray.
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Suture Needles & Materials
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Used to close a wound or incision
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Scissors
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used to cut certain materials
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Surgical Aspirators
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used to aspirate sockets, deeper throat areas and surgical sites
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Surgical Burs
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used in a surgical handpiece to remove bone, to expose root tips, or to divide teeth in preparation for sectioning and removing.
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Surgical Handpiece
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Power device that hold inserted rotary instruments in place.
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Surgical Chisels
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used with a surgical mallet to chip away bone and to apply enough pressure to section impacted molar teeth.
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Surgical mallet
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hammer-shaped device used to apply pressure to chisels.
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Surgical Curettes
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inserted into a socket or surgical site to remove infectious material, lesions, and/or debris.
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Surgical Preset Trays
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Instruments ans supplies can be prepared, stored, and transported together in a preset tray.
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