Dental Instruments

Dental Instruments

Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to providedental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, treat, restore and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures. Standardinstruments are the instruments used to examine, restore and extract teeth and manipulate tissues.
Definition
Dental instruments are tools used in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of oral diseases.
Purpose
Dental instruments are designed to be used by the dentist and staff during dental care. Instruments aid in the assessment and treatment of dental disease. Each is designed for a specific purpose.
Description
There are many different dental instruments used by oral health care professionals in their different roles and specialties. Certain types of instruments are unique to various therapeutic procedures.
Assessment
During an examination by a general dentist the following diagnostic instruments may be used: Click here / Go Back