Surgical & dental instruments
Mayo Scissors
Cutting through tissue. Round ends can be straight or curved
Wire Cutting Scissors
Cutting wire sutures
Metzenbaum Scissors
Cutting/Dissecting Long Straight or curved
Needle Holder - Olsen-Hegar
Has scissors. to drive needle and suture through the skin and tie and CUT
Sponge forceps
Instrument used for grasping or clamping surgical sponge or gauze.
Subgingival curette
Scales under the gum line
Crile hemostatic forceps
Straight or curved More teeth (crocodile)
Standard Surgical Scissors
Straight or curved NOT ROUNDED sharp/sharp Sharp/blunt Blunt/blunt
Kelly Hemostatic Forceps
Straight or curved Teeth only go half way
Gelpi Retractor
Self retaining
Allis Tissue Forceps
used for grasping, holding, and retracting tissue
Mayo hegar needle holder
used in surgery to hold needle for sutures
Jones towel clamp
used to attach and secure drape material
Backhaus Towel Clamps
used to attach towels and drapes to the pt. and pointed tips that curve and join like ice tongs
Ferguson Angiotribe hemostatic forceps
used to crush large vessels Straight or curved
Standard Dressing Forceps
used to handle dressing material
Lister Bandage Scissors
used to remove bandages and other dressings; blunt triangle blade designed to push skin away as the tip is slipped under material; angled to allow fingers to get under scissors
Dental Root Elevator
breaks down periodontal ligament
dental probe and explorer
measure pocket depth around tooth and clean of plaque
Army-Navy Retractor
not self retaining
Balfour Retractor
self-retaining; used to access abdominal cavity
Iris Scissors
straight or curved
Roeder Towel Clamp
Has balls to prevent more penetration of the skin
Spay Hook (snook hook)
Used to find the ovarian pedicle (horn of the uterus)
Adson Brown Thumb Forceps
Used to grasp and hold tissue
Rat Tooth Forceps
Used to grasp and hold tissue Teeth: 1x2, 2x3, 3x4, etc
Dental extraction forceps
Helps hold the tooth during extraction. Should be easy to lift out not difficult
Mouth Speculum
Holds mouth open. Upper and lower canines rest on it.
Bard Parker Scalpel blade Handle
Holds surgical blades #3 smaller #4 larger
Halsted Mosquito hemostatic Forceps
Smallest of the hemostatic forceps Straight or curved
Rochester Carmalt hemostatic Forceps
Used to clamp tissue bundles that contain blood vessels. Longitudinal grooves and cross grooves at the tip. Straight and curved
