| TYPICAL INSTRUMENT SETUPS Listed below are some typical instrument setups for the various dental procedures: Basic Examination Setup - 1. Mouth mirror
- 2. Explorer
- 3. Periodontal probe
- 4. Cotton forceps
- 5. 2" x 2" gauze sponges
Anesthetic Setup - 1. Topical anesthetic
- 2. 2" x 2" gauze sponges or cotton-tip applicator
- 3. Assembled aspirating syringe
- a. Syringe
- b. Needle for arch to be worked on
- c. Carpule with barb seated
Rubber Dam Instrument Setup - 1. Mouth mirror
- 2. Explorer #23
- 3. Rubber dam material
- 4. Rubber dam stamp
- 5. Rubber dam punch
- 6. Rubber dam clamp
- 7. Rubber dam clamp forceps
- 8. Rubber dam frame
- 9. Dental floss
- 10. Suture scissors (blunt nose)
- 11. Stellite #1-2
Restorative Setups 1. Base and amalgam - a. Burs
- b. Excavators - matched pair
- c. Hatchets - matched pair
- d. Gingival margin trimmers - matched pair
- e. Chisel - paired only with Wederstaedt #41 and #42
- f. Mixing pad
- g. Base material
- h. Ladmore #3 plugger or Dycal instrument
- i. Assembled Tofflemire matrix and band for correct arch
- j. Wooden wedges
- k. Amalgam carrier
- l. Amalgam pluggers
- m. Carvers #89 and #92 or Tanner 5T
- n. Carver, Hollenback #3
- o. Articulating paper
2. Base and composite resin - a. Burs
- b. Excavators - pair
- c. Hatchet #17 or #53, #54
- d. Chisel - paired only with Wedelstaedt #41 and #42
- e. Mixing pad
- f. Base material
- g. Ladmore #3 plugger or Dycal instrument
- h. Matrix material
- (1) Celluloid strip and wedge (proximal)
- (2) Cervical matrix (facial)
- (3) Crown form (incisal edge)
- i. Plastic placing instrument
- j. Finishing material
- (1) Cuttlefish strip (proximal)
- (2) Sandpaper disc and mandrel (facial, incisal)
k. Surgical knife Surgical Setups 1. Basic setup - a. Forceps holding air
- b. Instrument forceps (in jar)
- c. Periosteal elevator - Molt #9
- d. Root elevators - 34S and 301
- e. Extracting forceps - appropriate one
- f. 2" x 2" gauze sponges
2. Supplementary items determined by procedure, as well as preference of the dentist. - a. Oral surgical burs
- b. Surgical knife
- c. Apical fragment root elevators - paired for posterior
- d. Curettes - paired for posterior
- e. Rongeur
- f. Surgical scissors
- g. Suture material
- h. Suture scissors
- i. Bone file
- j. Gingival retractors
- k. Oral surgical mallet
- l. Oral surgical chisel
- m. Dental surgical burs
- n. Apical fragment root elevators
- o. Iodoform impregnated gauze
Routine Tooth Extraction Setup
(Same as Basic Surgical Setup) Endodontic Instrument Setups 1. Basic setup - a. Dappen dishes for different medications needed
- b. Burs - assorted long shank
- c. Glass irrigating syringes
- d. Cotton pellets
- e. Broaches
- f. Broach holder
- g. Files
- h. Reamers
- i. Paper absorbent points
- j. Rule
- k. Temporary stopping
- l. Plastic filling instrument
- m. Endodontic explorer
- n. Excavator
- o. Cotton pliers
2. Endodontic filling--tray setup - a. Paper points
- b. Sealer
- c. Zinc phosphate powder/liquid
- d. Glass irrigating syringes
- e. Gutta-percha and silver points
- f. Root canal pluggers and spreaders
- g. Hemostat
- h. Plastic instrument
- i. Spatula
- j. Glass slab
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