Description
Ivory Rubber Dam Forceps Light Weight
Size: 170 mm
Dental Instruments
SMS Instrument Rubber Dam forceps Ivory used to carry the clamp to the tooth. They are designed to spread the two working ends of the forceps apart when the handles are squeezed together. The working ends have small projections that fit into two corresponding holes on the rubber dam clamps. The area between the working end and the handles has a sliding lock device which locks the handles in positions while the clinician moves the clamp around the tooth. Forceps do not have deep grooves at their tips or they become very difficult to remove once the clamp is in place. This instrument is necessary to open the clamp and position it around the tooth. The Ivory forceps are preferable, because they allow the dentist to apply direct pressure toward the gum, which is frequently necessary to position the clamp securely below the bulge of the tooth crown
Surname | Ivory |
Size / Model / Figure | 170 mm |
curvature | Angled |
Working Surface | Smooth |
Handle | Plier Forceps |
Finishing | Mirror Polish Finishing |
Instrument Type | Dental Rubber Dam Instruments |
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 |
Rubber Dam Instrument
A Dental Rubber Dam is used mainly in endodontic treatment. The main function of the Rubber Dam Instruments is to isolate the tooth being treated from its environment, in particular from the bacteria in the oral cavity. The rubber dam is held over individual teeth or groups of teeth by appropriate rubber dam clamps or threads (ligatures) along the edge of the gum. The tooth crown stands out from the rubber dam through individual holes made by a whole punch.
Rubber dam provides the best possible isolation by far.
New York City a dentist introduced the rubber dam into dentistry. It is used to define the operating by isolation one or more teeth from oral environment. When excavating a deep carious lesions and risking pulpal exposure, use for the rubber dam is strongly recommended to prevent pulpal contamination from oral fluids. The dam eliminates saliva from the operating site and retract the soft tissue.
Advantage
- Provision of dry clean operating field
- Improvement of access and visibility by eliminating tongue, lip, cheeks and saliva from the operating field
- Retraction and protection of soft tissues.
- Prevention of inhalation and ingestion of foreign bodies
- Improved properties of dental material
- Aid to patient management
- Aid to cross infection control by reducing aerosol spread of micro-organisms.
- Minimization of mouth breathy during inhalation sedation procedures.
Disadvantage
- Usage in low amongst private pracitioners.
- Time consuming and patient objection.
- Cannot be used in case of extremely malpositioned teeth.
- Incorrect use may damage porcelain crown / crown margin / traumatize gingival tissues.
- Insure clamps can be swallowed or aspirated
Uses
Rubber dam is used to isolate for dental procedures
Available different sizes and thicknesses.