The document discusses the importance of using a rubber dam for endodontic procedures. It provides several key benefits:
1) It creates a dry, clean, and sterilizable field for the procedure by isolating the tooth from saliva.
2) It protects the patient from accidentally swallowing or aspirating debris, bacteria, or instruments used during the procedure.
3) It protects the patient from injury by instruments and prevents repeated manipulation of oral tissues.
The document then discusses various rubber dam materials, frames, clamps, punches, and forceps used in rubber dam placement and their appropriate uses.
The document discusses the importance of using a rubber dam for endodontic procedures. It provides several key benefits:
1) It creates a dry, clean, and sterilizable field for the procedure by isolating the tooth from saliva.
2) It protects the patient from accidentally swallowing or aspirating debris, bacteria, or instruments used during the procedure.
3) It protects the patient from injury by instruments and prevents repeated manipulation of oral tissues.
The document then discusses various rubber dam materials, frames, clamps, punches, and forceps used in rubber dam placement and their appropriate uses.
The document discusses the importance of using a rubber dam for endodontic procedures. It provides several key benefits:
1) It creates a dry, clean, and sterilizable field for the procedure by isolating the tooth from saliva.
2) It protects the patient from accidentally swallowing or aspirating debris, bacteria, or instruments used during the procedure.
3) It protects the patient from injury by instruments and prevents repeated manipulation of oral tissues.
The document then discusses various rubber dam materials, frames, clamps, punches, and forceps used in rubber dam placement and their appropriate uses.
performed under the rubber dam. -1-It provides a dry, clean and sterilizable field. 2-It protects the patient from possible aspiration or swallowing of tooth and filling debris, bacteria, necrotic pulp remnants of operating materials. 3-It protects the patient from rotary and hand instruments, drug and the trauma of repeated manual manipulation of the oral tissues. 4-It is faster, more convenient and less frustrating than the repeated changing of cotton rolls or saliva evacuating devices
5-It eliminates the interference,
annoyance and obscuring of vision by the tongue and cheeks. 6-Dark color rubber dam material provides more contrast between the tooth color and the dam material color, while lighter color provide more illumination of the operative field. 7-Prevent talkative patient from wasting the chair side time
I-Rubber dam material
-Rubber dam material is available in precut squares or in rolls, in light or dark colored material and in a number of thicknesses. -The medium weight material can be adjusted to retract the soft tissues and it is recommended. -This material has the proper elasticity to hug the tooth being isolated and providing a hermetic seal without the use of floss ligature tied around each tooth.
-Also, it does not tear or rap easily and
provides an unusual degree of protection from injury for the underlying soft tissues. -It exerts a greater retracting force on the lips and cheeks than the thinner materials, thus, affording greater access and improved vision.
-The lighter weight material tends to tear
easily and the heavy weight dam places too much tension on the clamp. Often resulting in dislodgment.
II-Rubber dam frames:
-It is used to hold the dam in a manner that allows retraction of the cheeks and providing unobstructed access to the tooth to be treated.
III-Rubber dam clamps:
-R.D.clamps are used to hold the R.D.materia over the treated tooth.
-For endodontic therapy
particularly, the use of clamps with wings allows a more rapid and efficient means of applying the rubber dam . -The wings allow the dentist to place the clamp, dam, and frame in one operation.
Ivory No.9 & No.O for I&C., No.1 for
PM.,No.26&No.14 A for M
IV-Rubber dam punch
-The rubber dam punch must be convenient in use and creates a sharp hole in the dam material. - Failure to create a sharp hole in the dam material, will result in the contamination of the field owing to salivary leakage at the site of the ragged hole in the dam.
V-Rubber dam forceps
The rubber dam forceps is used to carry the rubber dam clamps on the involved tooth