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| Mirror shank design | simple shank |
| Working end of the mirror | mirror head
size 4 and 5
Pedo and adult |
| Use of the instrument | Retraction
Indirect Vision
Transillumination
Indirect illumination |
| 11/12 Explorer shank design | Complex
Flexible |
| 11/12 Explorer working end | pointed tip |
| 11/12 Explorer classification & use | Assessment
detects caries and tooth regulation |
| Shepard Hook & Orban shank design | simple
flexible |
| Shepard Hook & Orban working end | pointed tip |
| Shepard Hook & Orban classification & use | assessment
Shepard Hook- assess caries & restorations
Orban- feels for calculus on all parts of the anterior teeth; buccal and lingual of posterior. |
| Marquis Probe shank design | simple
flexible |
| Marquis Probe working end | blunted tip |
| Marquis Probe classification & use | assessment
measure pocket depths |
| 6/7 sickle scaler shank design | simple
rigid |
| 6/7 sickle scaler working end | pointed tip |
| 6/7 sickle scaler classification & use | Calculus removal
anterior calculus removal
Supragingival |
| 5/33 sickle scaler shank design | simple
rigid |
| 5/33 sickle scaler working end | pointed tip |
| 5/33 sickle scaler classification & use | calculus removal
anterior calculus removal
supragingival |
| 204S shank design | complex
rigid |
| 204S working end | pointed tip |
| 204S classification & use | calculus removal
posterior & anterior calculus removal
supragingival |
| 13/14 curet scaler shank design | Complex
Rigid |
| 13/14 curet scaler working end | rounded toe |
| 13/14 curet scaler classification & use | calculus removal
universal calculus removal |
| 4R/4L curet scaler shank design | complex
rigid |
| 4R/4L curet scaler working end | rounded toe |
| 4R/4L curet scaler classification & use | calculus removal
universal
subgingival and supragingival |
| Younger-Good 7/8 curet scaler shank design | complex
rigid |
| 7/8 curet scaler working end | rounded toe |
| 7/8 curet scaler classification & use | calculus removal
universal
sub&supra gingival |
| McCall 17/18 shank design | complex
rigid |
| McCall 17/18 working end | rounded toe |
| McCall 17/18 classification & use | calculus removal
Universal
Sup&supra ging |
| Nevi shank design | complex
rigid |
| Nevi working end | pointed tip |
| Nevi classification & use | calculus removal
posterior supragingival calculus removal |