3. CONTENTS
Instruments for Transferring Sterile inst
Instruments for Incising Tissue
Instruments for Elevating Mucoperiosteum
Instruments for Retracting Soft Tissue
Instruments for Controlling Hemorrhage
Instruments for Grasping Tissue
Instruments for Removing Bone
Instruments for Removing Pathologic Tissue
4. CONTENTS
Instruments for Suturing Mucosa
Instruments for Holding the Mouth Open
Instruments for Suctioning
Instruments for Irrigating
Instruments for Extracting the Teeth
-Local Anesthetic instruments
-Dental elevators
-Extraction forceps
Instrument trays
Conclusion
References
14. Shape & use :
The most commonly used handle no 3.
Their tip has slotted part to receive a
variety of different shape blades.
No 15 blade is the most commonly used
for intraoral incision.
No 15 blade resemble no 10 in shape
but is relatively small than it.
15. No 11 blade is a sharp pointed tip
blade, used for stab incision (incising
abscess).
No 12 is hooked in shape (only curved)
used intraoral for inaccessible area as in
maxillary tuberosity
Handle with blade called scalple
Surgeon hold the scalple in pen grasp
26. Periosteal elevator no 9
most widely used before extraction & for
reflection of MPF
This instrument has a sharp, pointed
end and a broader flat end.
The pointed end is used to refelect
dental papilla between teeth, and the
broad end is used for elevating the
tissue from the bone.
27.
28. Pointed tip is used in a praying
motion to elevate papilla between
teeth
29. Push stroke with the broad end with
convex surface toward the flap
30.
31. Another use for retraction of
mucoperiosteal flap with aid of broader
end
60. Use :
Most commonly used forceps for
stabilizing soft tissue.
They are delicate forceps with small
teeth
Care should be taken to avoid crushing
the tissue.
70. This is the most commonly
used instrument for removing
bone
Have sharp blades
Have a spring betwwen handle, help in
reopen the instrument when the hand
pressure is released
There are two major designs, a side-
cutting & side and end –cutting forceps.
74. Use :
Unibeveled chisel used for cutting bone
Bibeveled chisel used for secting teeth
& splitting bone (osteotome)
Grooved used for collecting bone
75.
76.
77. C. Burs and handpiece:
High speed, high torque
straight surgical hand piece
Surgical carbide burs (fissure & round)
83. Surgical curette:
Angled, sharp concave face & smooth
convex back instrument used to remove
tissue from bony defects.
Ex. Granulation tissue or cyst
189. Surgeon must be well versed with the
identification, indications for use as well as
the techniques of using the different basic
instruments
The quality of the instruments- as crucial as
the knowledge & skill of the surgeon
Use of good quality instruments is inevitable
in ensuring the expected standard of care:
expensive
The surgeon & the assistants must handle,
store & use the instruments with utmost care
190. REFERENCES
Contemporary Oral & Maxillofacial
Surgery- 5th edition : Hupp, Ellis, Tucker
Handbook of Local Anesthesia- 5th
edition: Stanley F. Malamed
Dental Instruments: A Pocket Guide- 2nd
edition: Linda R. Bartolomucci Boyd