Dental Tools

Dental tools are those implements used by dental professionals to provide dental treatment. “They include tools to examine, manipulate, restore and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures,” according to Wikipedia.com.

Dental tools come in all shapes, sizes and functions and while some are now made to be disposable and out of plastic, quality dentistry tools are still created by a metal casting process. For durability, strength and autoclavibility the best metal dental instruments are a product of precision casting.

Some of the dental tools used during a dental examination are:

• Mouth mirror – used to view difficult-to-see teeth
• Picks
• Probes – sickle probe, periodontal probe, straight probe
• Retractors – cheek, tongue and lip retractors
• Scrapers
• Spoon excavator and other excavators
• Chisels
• Forceps

All dental tools are cast from grade 410 stainless steel which resists corrosion from water, mild alkaloids and acids and food. It is also impervious to steam and hot gases, and is why it can withstand repeated visits to the autoclave. These factors are also one of the reasons that many hobbyists and crafters choose dental tools for precision work.

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