Study Guide

Dental tools

100

My function is to hold articulating paper when checking the patient's bite. What instrument am I?

Articulating Paper Holder 

200

I am used to see inside the mouth in difficult areas. What instrument am I?

Dental mirror

300

_____ function is to hold the matrix band in place along the gingival margin of a tooth. What am I?

Wooden Wedges

400

My function is to carve occlusal anatomy into a restoration. What instrument am I? 

Discoid-Cleoid Carver

500

I'm an us to run/clean the lines after an extraction. What am I?

Precision cleanse

Assistant

100

I remove the smear layer and prepare a tooth for bonding. What is material am I?

Etch 

200

I am used to extract maxillary centrals, laterals, cuspids, molars, and roots. What forcep am I?

150

300

I smooth material after condensing, contour a matrix band and burnish material. What instrument am I?

Football/Acorn Burnisher 

400

I'm used as a temporary filling material, a sedative filling and I contain Eugenol for a medicated temporary filling. What am I? 

IRM - Intermediate Restorative Material

500

I am a motor used to remove decay, polish, open pupal access, endo, and refine prep that has different attachments. I do not usually cut away tooth structure and a dental assistant can use me extraorally. What am I?

Slow Speed Handpiece

Assessment

100

My function is to pack and condense material into a cavity prep. What instrument am I?

Condenser 

200

My function is to remove debris or granulated tissue from a surgical site, to remove a cyst from the extraction/surgical site, and to use for gross tissue debridement. What instrument am I?

Surgical Curette

300

I am a thin clear strip used to isolate a cavity prep, and able to use a curing light. What am I?

Mylar Strip

400

I am used to detect cavities. What dental instrument am I?

Dental Explore

500

My function is to hold and stabilize the matrix band during condensation of restorations. What instrument am I?

Tofflemire Retainer

Study

100

I act as an adhesive between the tooth and the composite material. What material am I? 

Bonding Agent 

200

My function is to trim and remove excess alveolar bone after an extraction. What instrument am I?

Ronguer

300

My function is to remove carious dentin and to remove temp cement. What Instrument am I?

Spoon Excavator

400

I am used for indirect pulp caps and a protective liner for deep cavities. What material am I?

Dycal - Calcium Hydroxide

500

I am used for most restorative procedures. Dental Assistants are NOT permitted to use me. I am used for removing decay and old restorations, reduce tooth structure, and polish and finish restorations. What am I? 

High Speed Handpiece

Guide

100

I am used to extract your mandibular first and second molars. What forcep am I? 

Cowhorn 23

200

I am used to extract mandibular centrals, laterals, cuspid, premolars, and roots. What forcep am I?

151

300

My function is to remove or smooth the edges of alveolar bone. What instrument am I?

Bone File

400

My function is to carry composite material for cavity preparation, and shape composite. What instrument am I?

Plastic Instrument

500

I'm a solution use in the ultrasonic. What am I and what are my ratios?

Diamond Zyme. 1/2 ounce per gallon