Surgical Instruments

Front 1

Bone Files

Back 1

Usually a double ended instrument with a rounded working end with serrations. Used in a back-and-forth motion to trim and smooth the bone after a tooth has been extracted.

Front 2

Dressing Pliers

Back 2

Tweezers of various sizes and designs with pointed beaks. Some have locks that prevent slippage of the gripped items

Front 3

Elevators

Back 3

Straight- has a handle, a straight shaft, and a rounded, scoop-shaped tip. used to create space between the bone and the root.
Periosteal- used to lift full-thickness soft tissue flaps or loosen the periosteum tissue from bone.
Exolever- used to elevate or luxate the tooth from its natural socket
Apical- used to loosen and elevate the broken parts of roots

Front 4

Forceps

Back 4

Have a handle, a neck, and a nib or beak. the beaks of tooth extracting forceps are designed to grasp the tooth with maximum contact.

Front 5

Hemostats and Needle Holders

Back 5

Look like scissors with locking joints and serrated beaks. Hemostats have long beaks in various straight or curved lengths. used as a type of clamp or as a holding device to transfer other instruments. Needle holders have a rounded and blunt beak with a serrated crisscrossed edge to assist in holding a needle

Front 6

Mouth Props and Mouth Gags

Back 6

Mouth props are used for keeping the mouth open while a dental procedure is being performed. Also known as bite blocks. Mouth gags is a scissor like instrument with padded ends instead of blades.

Front 7

Operating Lights

Back 7

Used to see clearly into the oral cavity.

Front 8

Retractors

Back 8

Used for holding tissues away from the operating field.
tissue retractors- are a hemostate type device with notched tips to hold tissue
tongue retractor-long shaft and padded or serrated edge. used to grasp and hold the tongue
cheek retractors- bent, wire-shaped or flat device with curved handles that are used to scoop and hold the cheek

Front 9

Rongeurs

Back 9

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

Front 10

Scalpels/surgical blades and blade removal device

Back 10

Scalpels are surgical knives with a disposable or reusable handle. Used to make precise incisions into the soft tissues with the least damage to the tissue

Front 11

Scissors

Back 11

Tissue scissors- have a long handle with a serrated blade edge that is used to grasp and hold the tissue during cutting
Suture scissors- are smaller with one curved, half-moon blade that is inserted under the suture thread during cutting
Bandage scissors- used to cut materials and dressings during surgery

Front 12

Surgical aspirators

Back 12

are suction tips with long handles and narrow tip openings. Designed to hold and not to suction in any broken piece of tooth or bone during the surgical procedure

Front 13

Surgical Burs and Handpieces

Back 13

Similar to dental 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. Handpiece are power device es that hold inserted rotary instruments in place

Front 14

surgical chisels and mallet

Back 14

surgical chisels are longer, thicker, and heavier than regular tooth chisels. used with a mallet to chip away bone and to apply enough force to section impacted molar teeth, which are then removed in sections. a mallet is used to apply pressure to chisels.

Front 15

Surgical Curettes

Back 15

hand instruments with a sppion-shaped face that are inserted in the socket or surgical site to remove infectious material, lesions, and/or debris

Front 16

Surgical Preset Trays

Back 16

Hand instruments and other related accessories for a surgical procedure can be prepared, stored, and transported together as a preset tray.

Front 17

Suture Needles and Materials

Back 17

Used to close wounds or incisions. Suture thread, suture needle, needle holder, and suture scissors.