1. PERIODONTAL
INSTRUMENTATION
BY:
DR. ACHI JOSHI
MDS I YEAR

2. RIGHT TOOL FOR RIGHT JOB
“We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools
shape us.”

3. PARTS

4. HANDLES

5. SHANK

6. SIMPLE SHANK
STRAIGHT
SHANK
COMPLEX
SHANK

7. PARTS OF WORKING END

8. MOUTH MIRROR
1. INDIRECT VISION

9. 2. RETRACTION

10. ILLUMINATION
TRANS
ILLUMINATION

11. PROBES
 Periodontal probe and its use was first described by F.V.
Simoton of the University Of California, San Francisco in
1925.

12. MARQUIS COLOR CODED PROBE
• Calibrations are in 3mm
sections.
• Markings are
3,6,9,12mm.

13. The UNC-15 Probe
• 15mm long.
• Markings are at each
mm and color coding
at the 5th,10th and
15thmm

14. WHO Probe

15. WILLIAMS GRADUATED PERIODONTAL
PROBE
• Markings include
1,2,3,5,7,8,9 and 10
mm with 4mm and
6mm missing.
• For ease in measuring .

16. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN O PROBE
WITHOUT WILLIAMS MARKING
• Markings are at 3, 6,
and 8mm.

17. NABERS PROBE

18. PLASTIC PROBES FOR IMPLANTS

19. PROBING

20. TO CHECK BLEEDING ON PROBING

30. EXPLORER

34. SHEPHARDS HOOK

35. COWHORN &PIGTAIL

36. ORBAN TYPE

37. 11/12 EXPLORER

38. SICKLE SCALER

42. UNIVERSAL CURETTE

45. GRACEY CURETTES

48. RIGID GRACEY

49. AFTER FIVE
3mm

51. CURVETTE SERIES

52. LANGER

54. FILES

55. HOE SCALER

56. CHISEL SCALER

57. MECHANISED INSTRUMENTS

59. POLISHING INSTRUMENT

60. AIR POWDER POLISHING

61. SCHWARTZ PERIOTRIVERS

62. DENTAL ENDOSCOPES

63. SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

64. PERIODONTAL KNIVES

67. SURGICAL CURETTE

70. PERIOSTEAL ELEVATORS

72. CHISEL

73. BACK ACTION CHISEL

74. TISSUE FORCEPS

75. TISSUE NIPPERS

76. SCISSORS

81. NEEDLE HOLDERS

83. HEMOSTATS

84. POCKET MARKER

85. RETRACTORS

86. MAGNIFICATION LOUPES

89. PRINCIPAL OF LOUPES

93. EVALUATION OF SHARPNESS

103. THANK YOU