Dental
What is the function of a finishing strip?
Finishing and smoothing the interproximal walls of a restoration.
The ______________ is used to file and smooth alveolar bone after an extraction.
Bone File
What instrument is used to remove carious dentin and can also be used to remove temporary cement from a temp crown?
Spoon Excavator
What material is used to remove the smear layer on a tooth and prepare the tooth for bonding?
Etch
The _____ is used to pack and condense material into a cavity preparation.
Condenser
The _____ is used to smooth material and contour a matrix band.
Ball/Football Burnisher
What forcep extracts maxillary centrals, laterals, cuspids, premolars, and roots?
150 Forcep
What instrument is used to carry and place composite material into the cavity preparation and shape composite material?
Plastic Instrument
The __________ is used to remove debris or granulation tissue from the surgical site, remove cysts from an extraction or surgical site, and used for gross tissue debridement.
Surgical Curette
The ___________ is used for most restorative procedures. A dental assistant is not permitted to use it. It can be used to remove decay, remove old restorations, reduce tooth structure, polish, and finish restorations.
High-speed Handpiece
The ____ is used to extract trifurcated maxillary left first or second molars.
88L Forcep
What is the name of the temporary filling material that contains Eugenol and is used as a sedative effect on the pulp?
IRM - Intermediate Restorative Material
_____ is used as an indirect pulp cap and protective liner for deep cavities.
Dycal – Calcium Hydroxide
What is the name of the thin clear strip that is used to isolate a cavity preparation and to replace the missing wall(s) of an anterior tooth during a procedure?
Mylar Strip
The _______ is an attachment used with a slow-speed motor, allowing intraoral access using a latch-type system to secure burs. It is used to remove decay, finish and polish restorations, and open pupal access for RCT.
Contra-Angle Attachment
What instrument is used to trim and remove access alveolar bone after extraction?
Ronguer
The ______ is used to reflect and retract the connective tissues around the tooth and detach gingival tissue around the neck of the tooth.
Periosteal Elevator
What focep is used to extract mandibular first and second molars?
Cowhorn/23 Forcep
The ______ acts as an adhesive between the tooth and the composite material.
Bonding Agent
What forcep is used to extract mandibular centrals, laterals, cuspids, premolars, and roots?
151 Forcep
The _____ is used to remove decay, polish, open pulpal access, endo, and refine a cavity preparation that has different attachments. It does not usually cut away tooth structure and Dental Assistants are permitted to use this extraorally.
Slow-Speed Motor
The _____ is used to maintain the stability of the matrix band during condensation of restorations.
Tofflemire Retainer
What is used to hold the matrix band in place along the gingival margin during a restoration?
Wooden Wedges
The ______ is used to extract trifurcated maxillary right first or second molars.
88R Forcep
The _____ is used with a slow-speed motor. Generally used for procedures outside of the oral cavity. Examples of attachment use: with a prophy angle for polishing, with a long-shank straight acrylic bur to trim a temp crown, removable partials and dentures, or adjust orthodontic appliances.
Straight Attachment