spoon excavator
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spoon excavator — a dental excavator having a spoonlike blade with the entire margin tapered and sharpened to cut carious dentin out of tooth cavities. Called also spoon … Medical dictionary
spoon — An instrument with a handle and a small bowl or cup shaped extremity. [A.S. spon, chip] cataract s. a small concave instrument for removing a cataractous lens. Daviel s. a small ovoid instrument for remo … Medical dictionary
excavator — 1. An instrument like a large sharp spoon or scoop, used in scraping out pathologic tissue. 2. In dentistry, an instrument, generally a small spoon or curette, for cleaning out and shaping a … Medical dictionary
excavator — n. 1) a spoon shaped surgical instrument that is used to scrape out diseased tissue, usually for laboratory examination. 2) a type of hand instrument with spoon ends used for removing decayed dentine from teeth. It may also be used as a curette … The new mediacal dictionary
Dental instruments — Mouth mirror, a commonly used dental instrument Dental instruments are the tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, restore and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures.… … Wikipedia
Bucket (machine part) — For other uses, see Bucket (disambiguation) and Scoop. A bucket (also called a scoop to qualify shallower designs of tools) is a specialized container attached to a machine, as compared to a bucket adapted to the form of a human being. It is a… … Wikipedia
Pomegranate — For other uses, see Pomegranate (disambiguation). Pomegranate Punica granatum Fruit Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
