Dental Instruments Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which instrument is designed to grasp and transfer small items such as cotton pellets or wedges within the mouth?
Hemostat
Amalgam carrier
Cotton pliers
College-type mouth mirror
2. Before forceps are applied during an extraction, the clinician wants to luxate the tooth and help expand the socket. Which instrument serves this purpose?
Root-tip pick
Surgical curette
Needle holder
Dental elevator
3. During root canal treatment, which instrument is commonly used with filing or watch-winding motions to clean and shape the canal?
K-file
Finger spreader
Barbed broach
Gutta-percha plugger
4. After amalgam has been condensed, the clinician needs to reproduce grooves and remove excess material to establish occlusal anatomy. Which instrument is most appropriate?
Plastic filling instrument
Spoon excavator
Discoid-cleoid carver
Cement spatula
5. A procedure is producing substantial spray and debris. Which device is best suited to remove a large volume of fluid and help limit aerosol spread at the working area?
Air-water syringe
Saliva ejector
Cotton-roll holder
High-volume evacuator
6. After a tooth has been adequately loosened, which instrument is designed to grasp it and deliver it from the socket?
Periosteal elevator
Extraction forceps
Rongeur
Bone file
7. During oral surgery, the clinician must elevate and reflect a mucoperiosteal flap from bone. Which instrument is designed for this task?
Periosteal elevator
Surgical curette
Tissue forceps
Bone rongeur
8. Which hand instrument has a rounded toe and semicircular cross-section, allowing it to remove subgingival calculus on a variety of tooth surfaces?
Sickle scaler
Enamel hoe
Straight chisel
Universal curette
9. A clinician wants to place and hold a strip of articulating paper between the teeth to identify occlusal contacts. Which dedicated instrument should be selected?
Articulating paper forceps
Cotton pliers
Rubber dam clamp forceps
Needle holder
10. A clinician needs to measure the depth of the gingival sulcus or a periodontal pocket. Which instrument is appropriate?
Sickle scaler
Enamel hatchet
Spoon excavator
Periodontal probe
11. Which instrument is used to compact freshly placed amalgam firmly into a prepared cavity?
Amalgam carrier
Amalgam condenser
Ball burnisher
Discoid-cleoid carver
12. Fresh amalgam has been placed and requires smoothing and initial contouring before carving. Which instrument is intended for this step?
Enamel hatchet
Burnisher
Periodontal file
Spoon excavator
13. Which instrument creates holes of selected sizes in a rubber dam sheet before placement?
Ainsworth matrix retainer
Rubber dam clamp forceps
Rubber dam punch
Utility pliers
14. Which instrument is primarily used for indirect vision, illumination reflection, and gentle retraction during an oral examination?
Periodontal probe
Dental explorer
Mouth mirror
Cotton pliers
15. During a posterior Class II restoration, which instrument holds and tightens a matrix band around the tooth?
Ivory separator
Tofflemire matrix retainer
Rubber dam clamp forceps
Amalgam carrier
16. During cavity preparation, the clinician wants to remove soft, carious dentin by hand. Which instrument is most suitable?
Spoon excavator
Amalgam condenser
Straight chisel
Discoid-cleoid carver