What is a hollenback used for?
Hollenback carver is a double ended, round handledental instrument used for placing, carving and countouring amalgam.
What is a Lecron Carver used for?
Lecron carvers can be used in all areas of dentistry. Wax, porcelain and Modeling Carvers are used by a dental technician in Lab as well as by Doctors. Lecron carvers are made of high-quality Japanese stainless steel and last longer without getting blunt. Lecron carvers can be used in all areas of dentistry.
What is a Cleoid discoid used for?
Description. This instrument is made of high grade stainless steel and is used to carve amalgam or wax following natural anatomical form. It is an essential carving instrument to develop grooves and triangular ridges.
What instruments are used for amalgam fillings?
Restorative dental hand instruments include the amalgam carrier, burnisher, condensers, composite placement instruments, carvers, and Woodsen.
- Amalgam Carrier – used to carry an increment of amalgam directly into the prepared tooth.
- Burnisher – used to smooth the surface of a freshly placed amalgam restoration.
How do you use a hollenback Carver?
Place the Hollenback carver obliquely across the cavity margins with its tip resting against the adjacent tooth (matrix band) and its blade resting on the enamel adjacent to the proximal cavity margins. The proximal contour of the adjacent tooth is used as a guide to develop the restoration’s proximal contour.
How do you use a Fox plane?
With the use of a fox’s bite plane we assess the frontal plane by placing the fox plane on the bite block anteriorly and checking if it’s parallel to the interpupillary line. Adjust the anterior section if one side is higher or lower until this is level and parallel to the interpupillary line.
What does a Acorn burnisher do?
Acorn-shaped Burnishers are used for forming occlusal anatomy in posterior restorations.
What is a football burnisher used for?
Egg Football Burnisher is used to condense, smooth and polish amalgam. The grip is ergonomically designed to limit stress on hands while providing maximum tactile sensitivity.
What is a wards Carver used for in dentistry?
Used to carve and shape amalgam and composites during restorative dentistry. Supplied in an easy to open, sterile pack. High quality surgical steel instrument.
When should I start carving amalgam?
Working time – starts at the end of trituration and is the period during which the amalgam has optimal plasticity to be properly condensed. 2. Carving time – starts at the end of trituration and extends through the period in which a condensed amalgam can be smoothly carved without crumbling.
What is hoe excavator in dentistry?
CUTTING INSTRUMENT APPLICATIONS Hoe excavator This type of instrument is used for planing tooth preparation walls and forming line angles. It is commonly used in Classes III and V preparations for direct gold restorations.
What is a fox’s bite plane used for?
For establishing the orientation a Fox’s Bite Plane tool is used. Fox’s Bite Plane establishes the orientation of the occlusal plane in an anteroposterior direction (Spee curve) and also the frontal plane with the interpupillary line.