Dental ironer, corkscrew, spatula: photo, description, price

The work of a dentist is both hard work and a creative process at the same time, which requires good manual skills and the use of special tools.

A dental float is often used, as well as a spatula and a corkscrew.

Dental float

Description, purpose

It is a handle with working parts, which are flat spatulas. They have a different angle of inclination to the handle.

The ironer is used to introduce filling material into the processed carious cavity and to model, restore (by removing excess filling, smoothing).

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The choice of the tool depends on the group belonging of the tooth, the type, location and size of the carious cavity.

Main varieties:

• the spatula is approximal, drop-shaped, sickle-shaped, with an elongated working part;
• leaf-shaped approximal (small, long, wide);
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• mini-trowels approximal teardrop-shaped;
• combined, with a spherical corkscrew at one end and a trowel at the other;
• medial curved, thin right and left.

The trowels are made of oxidized medical steel. A coating (titanium nitride, tantalum) is also used to prevent the filling from staining with metal particles and sticking to the instrument.

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Manufacturers and cost

Well-known manufacturers: Extradent (Russia), 3M ESPE (USA), Voco (Germany). The cost is from 80 to 1800 rubles.

LM-Arte-set of tools for artistic restoration contains several types of ironers. Manufacturer - lm-dental. The set was developed in collaboration with Style Italiano by a group of aesthetic dentists. Manufactured from high quality steel. Each device has its own marking, depending on the main task. In a set of 5 tools, the cost of each - from 2500 rubles.

Putty knife

Description, purpose

This is a tool that is used for mixing various materials and modeling prosthetic designs.

Therapeutic spatula is used for mixing:

• cement, fillings;
• medical dressings.

Mixing the components of the material to the required consistency is carried out with spatulas, rubbing them on the glass. The laboratory spatula is designed for mixing impression materials, gypsum, castings of plaster models. Modeling spatulas, dental and therapeutic metal are used to model the prosthesis wax. An electric dental spatula is also used.

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The spatula can be:

• metal or plastic;
• therapeutic, laboratory, modeling;
• one- and two-sided.

The metal instrument is made of medical steel. Plastic is used when mixing materials that can change color (for example, a chemical composite).

Dental spatula in the photo:

Manufacturers and cost

Manufacturers: HLW Dental Instruments (Germany), IVOCLAR VIVADENT (Liechtenstein). Price - from 120 rubles.

Corkscrew

Description, purpose

This is a tool for compacting filling material in carious cavity and retrograde root canal filling.

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A dental plugger consists of a metal handle and working parts, which have several design options:

• spherical;
• cylindrical;
• conical;
• reverse conical;
• three-angled.

Manufactured from medical steel. Most often comes with a trowel.

Manufacturers and cost

Among the well-known manufacturers are LM-Instruments, DenMat, Dental USA. The cost is from 700 rubles.