Dental Assistant Instrument Test

Front 1

Mouth Mirror

Back 1

To provide indirect vision

To retract cheeks, lips, and tongue

To reflect light into the mouth

Tray: Basic

Front 2

Explorer w/Periodontal Probe

Back 2

EXP: To examine teeth for decay, calculus, furcations, or other abnormalities.

PERI: To measure periodontal pocket depth in millimeter increments.

Tray: Basic

Front 3

Cotton Forceps

Back 3

To grasp or transfer items and/or material into and out of the oral cavity.

Tray: Basic

Front 4

Aspirating Syringe

Back 4

To administer a local anesthetic

Tray(s): Amalgam, Composite, Endodontics

Front 5

Spoon Excavator

Back 5

To remove carious dentin

1: Large

2:Small

Tray(s): Amalgam, Composite, Crown & Bridge,

Front 6

Small Condenser (Plugger)

Back 6

To pack and condense amalgam into cavity preparation

To pack and condense other restorative materials

To pack and condense temporary filling material

Trays: Amalgam, composite, & temporary fillings

Front 7

Large Condenser

Back 7

To pack and condense amalgam into cavity preparation

To pack and condense other restorative materials

To pack and condense temporary filling material

Trays: Amalgam, composite, & temporary fillings

Front 8

Football Burnisher

Ball Burnisher

Acorn Burnisher

Back 8

To smooth amalgam after condensing

To contour matrix band before placement

To perform initial carving of amalgam

To burnish other restorative material

To burnish temporary filling material

Trays: Amalgam, composite, & temporary fillings

Front 9

Cleoid/Discoid Carver

Back 9

To carve occlusal anatomy into amalgam restorations

To carve occlusal anatomy on other restorative and temporary filling materials

Trays: Amalgam & temporary fillings

Front 10

Tanner 5-T Carver

Back 10

To carve occlusal anatomy into amalgam restorations

To carve occlusal anatomy in other restorative and temporary filling materials

Trays: Amalgam & temporary fillings

Front 11

1/2 Hollenback carver

Back 11

To contour and carve occlusal and inter-proximal anatomy in other restorative and temporary filling materials.

Trays: Amalgam, composite, & temporary fillings

Front 12

Amalgam Carrier

Back 12

To carry and dispense amalgam for cavity preparation

Tray: Amalgam

Front 13

Amalgam Well

Back 13

To hold amalgam before it is placed in preparation

To hold amalgam while loading amalgam carrier

Tray: Amalgam

Front 14

Tofflemire retainer & band, wedges

Back 14

TR: To maintain stability of matrix band during condensation of restorative material for class II preparation

B: To Replace Missing Proximal wall or walls of cavity prep for condensation of restorative material for class II prep

W: To Hold matrix band in place along gingival margin of class II, class III, or class IV prep

Trays: Amalgam, composite, Build-up, & temporary fillings

Front 15

Iris Scissors

Back 15

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Front 16

Dycal instrument

Back 16

*

Front 17

Articulating paper holder & paper

Back 17

To hold articulating paper in place

To check centric and lateral occlusion

Trays: All restorative trays (Amalgam, composite, endo, ortho... etc.)

Front 18

Wedelstaedt chisel

Back 18

To plane and cleave enamel in cavity preparation.

Trays: restorative

Front 19

Spatula

Back 19

Trays: Amalgam, composite,

Front 20

Composite Instrument

Back 20

To carry composite material for cavity preparation

To place, condense, and carve composite material in cavity preparation

Front 21

Tongue & Cheek Retractor

Back 21

To hold and retract tongue or cheek during surgery

Trays: Oral & Periodontal surgery

Front 22

Straight elevator (301)

Back 22

To loosen tooth from periodontal ligaments before extraction

To separate and lift tooth from socket

Front 23

Straight Elevator (34)

Back 23

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Front 24

Woodson elevator

Back 24

To separate tissue from tooth or bone

To hold tissue away from surgical site

Front 25

Sickle scalers (15)

Back 25

To remove large amounts of deposits from supragingival surfaces

Trays: Hygiene and periodontal

Front 26

Curette (13/14)

Back 26

To scale and remove deposits from subgingival surafces of posterior teeth

To use for root planing, periodontal debridement, and soft tissue curettage

Trays: Hygiene and periodontal

Front 27

Endodontic Spoon excavator

Back 27

To curet inside of tooth to base of pulp chamber

Front 28

Locking cotton forceps

Back 28

To grasp and lock material for transfer intoand out of oral cavity

Trays: Endo and other restorative trays

Front 29

Millimeter finger ruler

Back 29

To measure files, reamers, other instruments, and materials in millimeter increments

Trays: Mostly endo

Front 30

Endo Spreader

Back 30

To help condense gutta-percha laterally in canal To use for final filling of canal

Front 31

Endo plugger

Back 31

To help condense gutta-percha vertically in canal

To use for final filling of canal

Front 32

Glick instrument

Back 32

To condense gutta-percha into endodontically prepared teeth, using plugger end

To sever excess gutta-purcha after plugger end is heated

To carry and place material into tooth, using paddle end

Trays: Endo

Front 33

Three- prong pliers

Back 33

To contour and bend light wire

Trays: Ortho

Front 34

Needle holder

Back 34

To grasp and manipulate suture needle during use

Trays: oral and periodontal

Front 35

Bone file

Back 35

To remove or smooth rough edges of alveolar bone

Trays: Oral

Front 36

Root elevators

Back 36

To loosen root

To separate and lift root from socket

To use on posterior teeth

Trays: Oral

Front 37

Root tip picks

Back 37

To lift and remove small root tips in difficult to reach areas

Trays: Oral

Front 38

Surgical chisel

Back 38

To split or section a tooth for easier removal by tapping on chisel with mallet

To reshape or contour alveolar bone

Trays: Oral and other surgical trays

Front 39

Surgical mallet

Back 39

To use with bone chisel to section tooth for easier removal by tapping on chisel with surgical mallet

To use with bone chisel to reshape or contour alveolar bone

Trays: Oral & other surgical trays

Front 40

Mandibular surgical forceps

Back 40

TO extract mandibular first or second molars

Trays: Oral

Front 41

Maxillary surgical forceps

Back 41

To extract maxillary molars

Trays: Oral

Front 42

Endo explorer

Back 42

To locate opening of small canal orifice during endodontic procedure

Front 43

Distal end cutter pliers

Back 43

To cut distal end of arch wire after placement in brackets and buccal tubes

Tray: ortho

Front 44

Bird beak pliers

Back 44

To bend and form orthodontic wire

To remove bonded bracket by squeezing bracket

Tray: Ortho

Front 45

Surgical Curette

Back 45

To remove debris or granulation tissue from surgical site

To remove cyst from extraction site or surgical site

To perform gross tissue debridement

Trays: Oral & Periodontal

Front 46

Rubber dam punch

Back 46

To punch holes in dental dam for each individual tooth

Front 47

Rubber dam forceps

Back 47

To place dental dam clamp on tooth and to remove clamp after procedure

Front 48

Rubber dam clamp

Back 48

To anchor and stabilize rubber dam

Front 49

Rubber dam frame

Back 49

To hold dental dam away from teeth

Front 50

Crown bridge and scissors

Back 50

To trim aluminum temporary crowns at gingival margin

To trim custom temporary crowns

To cut gingival retraction cord

To trim matrix bands

To cut dental dam septum

Trays: Restorative

Front 51

Air/water syringe tip

Back 51

Attaches to tubing on dental unit

To rinse and dry specific teeth or entire oral cavity

Front 52

Tissue forceps

Back 52

To hold tissue during surgical procedures

Trays: Oral & perio

Front 53

Band seater

Back 53

To assist seating or placing of orthodontic bands for try-in or cementing phase

Tray: Ortho

Front 54

Hemostat

Back 54

Straight or curved: To grasp tissue or bone fragments

To hold and grasp material in and out of the oral cavity

Trays: Oral and periodontal

Front 55

Periosteal Elevator

Back 55

To seperate tissue from tooth or bone

To hold tissue away from surgical site

Tray: Oral & Perio