Description
Excavators 11-72/73 – 11-153/154
Dental Instruments
Range of Excavators
11-3227 – 72/73
11-3228 – 73/74
11-3229 – 113/114
11-3230 – 119/120
11-3231 – 121/122
11-3232 – 123/124
11-3233 – 125/126
11-3234 – 127/128
11-3235 – 129/130
11-3236 – 131/132
11-3237 – 133/134
11-3238 – 153/154
Excavator 72/73
SMS Instrument excavator is a Restorative instrument
Excavator 121/122
For undermining enamel during tissue-saving preparations
For the horizontal finishing of outer cavity margins
For the removal of calculus from hard to reach areas such as the lower anterior lingual surfaces
For the depuration of concave root grooves and furcations.
| Surname | Excavator |
| Tip Configuration | Round |
| Size / Model / Figure | 72/73, 73/74, 113/114, 119/120 – 133/134, 153/154 |
| curvature | Angled |
| Handle | Round Double Ended |
| Finishing | Mirror Polish Finishing |
| Instrument Type | Dental Excavator |
| Material | Stainless Steel |
| Disposable or Reusable | Reusable |
| Rusting Prevention | Passivation Processed |
| Cleaning | Ultrasonic Cleaned |
| Sterile or Non-Sterile | Non-Sterile |
| Latex or Latex-Free | Latex-Free |
| Test Performed | Boil, Shape & Performance Test |
| Grade | Premium OR-Grade |
| Packing | Individually Packed in SMS Brand printed Poly-sleeve |
Excavator
Dental Excavators are used in dentistry, normally looks like a minor spoon or curette, for scrubbing out and modeling under procedural cavity made ready to filling.
Market Availability of Dental Excavators: A Dental Curette Excavator has a spoon formed working end utilize to excavate out effected tissues from the prepared cavity. The boundaries of the operational part are piercing. These are available in market in different types, shapes and sizes; these are also single ended and double ended shapes. The shapes of these dental excavators are spoon, round and triple angle back action. The sizes are 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 3.5 millimeters.
During the dental procedure, many instruments are used in the cavity preparation. These hand instruments are of different design and they perform tooth-cutting and caries-removing procedures. They are used on different tooth surfaces and in different parts of the oral cavity.
Some of these dental excavation instruments are the enamel chisels,gingival margin trimmers, and dental excavators like the enamel hatchet and spoon excavators.
Spoon Excavator
Spoon excavator are extensively used in the removal of the tooth debris and decayed dentin from the tooth cavities. Usually, the paired instruments are used for the purpose of excavation of the tooth. These are also identified with numbers.
Spoon excavator are further categorized by their sizes. They are small, medium, and large spoon excavator.
- The small spoon excavator has an approximate diameter of 1mm. This instrument is chiefly used in smaller tooth cavities and for the cleaning the enamel or dentine junction. As this is a fragile instrument, a low force is used while excavating to prevent it from damage.
- The diameter of the medium spoon excavator is about 1.5mm. This is used chiefly for removing soft caries from larger cavities. Mixed restorative material can be pushed in the cavity using the rounded surface of this excavator.
- The large spoon excavator is about 2mm in diameter. This hand dental instrument is used for tooth excavating and restoration procedure, and to remove excessive glass-ionomer material.
The various other instruments used for the tooth excavation procedure are the mixing pad and spatula, mouth mirror, explorer, pair of tweezers, and applier and carver.
