Docsity
Docsity

Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity


Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan


Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips

Dental Diagnostic Tools: Probes, Cold and Hot Stimuli, and Electrical Testers, Study notes of Psychology of Sex

An overview of various diagnostic tools used in dentistry, including angled probes, briault probes, periodontal probes, ethyl chloride spray (cold stimulus), gutta-percha as a hot stimulus, and electrical pulp testers. These tools help dentists detect soft tooth surfaces, interproximal caries, periodontal pockets, and pulp vitality.

Typology: Study notes

2021/2022

Uploaded on 09/12/2022

andreasphd
andreasphd 🇬🇧

4.7

(28)

288 documents

1 / 2

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
Probes & Vitality Testing
Angled Probe or Sickle
Probe
To detect soft tooth surfaces and
margins of restorations
Briault Probe
Two-ended probe specifically
designed to detect interproximal
caries
Periodontal Probe (BPE/
CPITN/WHO/WILLIAMS)
Used to record the presence and
depth of any periodontal pockets
discovered
Cold Stimulus Ethyl Chloride Spray
1 | P a g e
pf2

Related documents


Partial preview of the text

Download Dental Diagnostic Tools: Probes, Cold and Hot Stimuli, and Electrical Testers and more Study notes Psychology of Sex in PDF only on Docsity!

Probes & Vitality Testing

Angled Probe or Sickle

Probe

To detect soft tooth surfaces and margins of restorations

Briault Probe

Two-ended probe specifically designed to detect interproximal caries

Periodontal Probe (BPE/

CPITN/WHO/WILLIAMS)

Used to record the presence and depth of any periodontal pockets discovered

Cold Stimulus Ethyl Chloride Spray

1 | P a g e

Hot Stimulus

Gutta-Percha as Greenstick Compound

Electrical Stimulus Electrical Pulp Tester

2 | P a g e