DENTAL INSTRUMENTS

D R . H I C H A M N U A I M I

BDS, SPECIALIST DIPLOMAT IN OPERATIVE

AND ESTHETIC DENTISTRY

SPECIALIST DIPLOMA IN IMPLANTOLOGY

MASTER IN OPERATIVE AND ESTHETIC

MOST HAND

INSTRUMENTS WERE

INVENTED IN 19TH

CENTURY WITH Large

heavy handles

inferior metal alloys

Ancient handled instruments were

palm grasping Modern ones are pen grasping

credited with the first acceptable nomenclature for and

classification of hand instruments

developed many of the instruments and techniques

first who modify Blacks instrumentation

developed Wedelstaedt chisel now referred to as curved chisel

developed a new set of instruments called ferrier set which were more refined and had uniform thickness on the cutting edge

invented pneumatic condenser

MATERIALS USED IN INSTRUMENT

stelitte

Stainless steel

Carbon steel

Marzouk Black

Charbenau Pickard

Classification

BLACK

CLASSIFICATIONDental

Instrument

Cutting Edge

Knives

carvers

files, scalers

Excavators

ordinary hatchet

hoesspoons

Non- cutting edge

Amalgam condensar

MirrorsProbes

SCALERS

DENTAL FILES

HoesCarvers

HATCHETS

CONDENSER

DENTAL KNIFES

MIRRORS

DENTAL PROBES

PICKARD

CLASSIFICATIONDental

Materials

HAND-HELD

Placing & condensing

Carving & finishing

Scaling

scalers

AUXILLIARY

Fibreoptic lights for illumination

Lights used for polymerization

ROTARY

Ultrasonic scalers

FIBRO OPTIC DEVICE

FIBRO OPTIC LIGHT CURE

ULTRA SONIC SCALER

Charbenau’s

Classification

Condensing instruments

Cutting instruments

Finishing & polishing

instruments

Isolation instruments

CuttingHand: hatchets, chisels,

hoes, excavatorsRotary: burs, stones, disks

Condensing Hand & mechanical: plugger

Finishing polishing

Hand: orange wood sticks polishing points

Rotary: finishing burs, mounted

brushes,

POLISHING DISCS

POLISHING DISCS

POLISHING POINTS

FINISHING BURS

WEDGES

PLUGGER

SPOON EXCAVATOR

RUBBER DAM

RUBBER DAM

LAB SPATULA

SPATULA

CARVER (GOLD INSTRUMENT)

CARVERS

PARTS OF HAND

INSTRUMENT

Blade shank handle

Blade- is the part of the instrument bearing the cutting edge

Shank- connects the shaft with the blade or working point or nib.

Shaft- used as a handle, straight and is usually without variations in size. It

maybe serrated to increase friction for hand gripping.

Thank You.