Surgical instruments in dentistry

Departament of Integrated Dentistry

Aleksandra Paruzel-Pliskowska
Teresa Szupiany-Janeczek
DENTAL FORCEPS
Anatomical forceps ( Berten type)
Meissner type forceps
 Meissner type forceps
• Universal
• Just 3 forceps for all teeth
• Narrow to extract roots
• Medium to extract centrals, canines and
premolars
• Wide to extract molars
 Dental Elevators
one of the most important instrument used in the extraction procedure

• Used to:
• - remove, luxate tooth which cannot be
engaged by forceps
• Remove fractured roots
• Loosen tooth prior to application of forceps
• Remove intraradicular bone
Different sizes, shapes and designs
Dental elevator
blade
shank
handle
Different shapes and sizes
Straight elevator (Bein type)
 Apexo elevator
• Used to remove apical fragment of roots
deeply present in the socket ( especially for
lower molars)
 Winter’s elevator
• Used for the extraction of the mandibular
molar roots
Schlemmer elevator
 Lecluse’s root elevator
• Similar to Winter elevator
 Winter and Lecluse elevators

• Very similar ( the blade is different)

Anaesthetic syringe (carpule)
Anesthetic syringe
Bone rongeur forceps (Luer)
used to break off the pieces of bone
 Needle holder
• Surgical forceps used to hold and pass suturing
Needle through tissues
Dental needles for suturing
 Dental scissors
• Designed to cut tissues during dental
procedures
 Hemostatic forceps
• Used to hold delicate tissues or compress a
bleeding tissue (f.e. Kocher and Pean type)
 Bone curette
• Surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or spoon
• Used to remove tissues, debris or infectious material in the socket of the extracted
tooth
• Can be straight or curved and in different sizes
 Pincette (tweezers)
• Anatomical
• Surgical
• Dental tweezers
 Retractors
designed to hold the tissues
many shapes sizes

• Farabeuf
• Langenbeck
Blade and blade holder