Introduction
instruments with sharp cutting edges. This cutting instrument group used in operative dentistry includes :
Excavators Chisels Hatchets Hoes Gingival margin trimmers. They are used in the cavity preparation of both amalgam and composite (resin) restorations.
Materials
The
Classification
Chisels 2. Excavators 3. Special form of chisels 4. Miscellaneous
1.
Chisels
1. 2. 3. 4.
1.
Straight chisel :
Straight plane line with shank. Primary cutting edge perpendicular to the long axis of handle Single plane instrument
Mechanism of action :
It cant be right or left. It can be used both side.
2.
Mono-angle :
3. 4.
One angle between shank and blade Can be mesially or distally beveled. Otherwise same as straight chisel.
Bin-angle Chisel
Excavators
Hatchets Spoon Discoid Cleoid
Hatchet Excavator
Features :
Cutting edge of the blade in the same plane with the handle. Single plane instrument. So it is direct cutting instrument. Bi-bevelled. Cut by being pushed or pulled in direction Can be used also in lateral cutting instruments Direct + lateral cutting used sometimes Delicate cutting within preparation in anterior tooth like sharpening of line or point angle or flattening the floor.
Mechanism of action :
Use :
Hatchet Excavator
Hoe Excavator
Design:
Primary cutting edge in perpendicular to the plane of handle. Single plane instrument. Vertical pull or push / direct cutting. Right and left / lateral cutting. Planning tooth preparation walls in case of class iii and class v cavity. Longer and heavier blade design are used for posterior tooth.
Mechanical use :
Use :
Cleoid
Design :
Shape of cutting edge like a claw. Blade comes to end-like points. They are double plane instruments. So lateral cutting instruments are made in pairs. Right and left cutting movement Lateral scrapping motion Excavation of soft caries Carving wax particles Deeper most caries removal, without harming pulp.
Movement :
Use :
Cleoid Excavator
Discoid
Design :
Circular cutting edge. They are double plane instruments. So lateral cutting instruments are made in pairs. Right and left cutting movement Lateral scrapping motion Excavation of soft caries Carving wax particles Deeper most caries removal, without harming pulp.
Movement :
Use :
Discoid Excavator
Enamel hatchets Gingival margin trimmer Angle former Wedel-staedt chisel Off-set hatchet Off-set hatchets with cutting edges makin an angle other than a perpendicular angle with the long axis of the shaft. Triangular chisel Hoe chisel
Wedel-staedt Chisel
Enamel Hatchet
Same as ordinary hatchet. Special form of chisel. Hatchet shank has one or more angle, blade and cutting edge. Difference :
Blade is larger and heavier and beveled on mesial/distal side. Ordinary hatchet is single plane instrument. Splitting and cleaving of undermined enamel.
Use :
Mechanism of action :
Two plane instruments primarily a lateral cutting instrument. Trims margins of various walls.
Miscellaneous
Dental
probes. Knives :
Gold knives. Amalgam knives. Finishing knives.
Dental
files.
Dental Probe
Prepared by :
Dhairya