What are your favourite OS instruments that you can't practice without?

[Mauricio45]

For me, I can't practice without the Karl Schumacher apical retention forceps. Night and day difference over regular forceps. I also like their spade proximator as well in severing PDL fibers. I think using both proximators and ARF helps to make extractions as atraumatic as possible, and less likely for me to use handpiece or raise a flap. I sometimes use a 3mm luxator but my personal preference is a spade proximator.

Another one I like is the 77R elevator. The bend makes a big difference in access for posterior teeth. I also like the 88 forceps for upper molars (though they can be aggressive if not used properly). Also, a good quality cowhorn (I use a 23 CR from Schumacher).

How you all?

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[yappy]

301

 

[Mauricio45]

301

Yep. Those are quite popular on DentalTown. I never really gotten the feel for them though. To each their own.

 

[OMSDoc]

Austin retractor, Weder tongue retractor, Russian forceps (small), Molt 2, 4, 5, 6 curettes, straight elevator, Schumacher Blumenthal Rongeur...pretty much all I use.

For bone removal and tooth sectioning, either a Hall drill, or a Gardner 52 chisel.

 

[Saddleshoes]

301

Ditto!

 

[warshley123]

557, 330, and #2 round bur slow speed

 

[TanMan]

SL557 + surg handpiece, apexo 301, 150, 151, and the cowhorn.

 

[PerioDont]

557, 330, and #2 round bur slow speed

Can you elaborate how you are using those each of those burs during surgery?

 

[warshley123]

Can you elaborate how you are using those each of those burs during surgery?

Super sorry I did not see

Can you elaborate how you are using those each of those burs during surgery?

I apologize I did not see the “OS” in the title. My favorite “OS” tools would be 150, 151, cow horn, and all elevators. I would first try to elevate them especially teeth 1 and 16 (love it when they roll out of the socket with an elevator).

 

[PerioDont]

Super sorry I did not see

I apologize I did not see the “OS” in the title. My favorite “OS” tools would be 150, 151, cow horn, and all elevators. I would first try to elevate them especially teeth 1 and 16 (love it when they roll out of the socket with an elevator).

lol that makes more sense

 

[Typical Average Student]

Woodson and spade elevator

 

[schmoob]

For me, I can't practice without the Karl Schumacher apical retention forceps. Night and day difference over regular forceps. I also like their spade proximator as well in severing PDL fibers. I think using both proximators and ARF helps to make extractions as atraumatic as possible, and less likely for me to use handpiece or raise a flap. I sometimes use a 3mm luxator but my personal preference is a spade proximator.

Another one I like is the 77R elevator. The bend makes a big difference in access for posterior teeth. I also like the 88 forceps for upper molars (though they can be aggressive if not used properly). Also, a good quality cowhorn (I use a 23 CR from Schumacher).

How you all?

Do you use the black Aetranox proximators? I’m trying to figure out if they are worth the additional cost.

 

[AONLINE]

Super sorry I did not see

I apologize I did not see the “OS” in the title. My favorite “OS” tools would be 150, 151, cow horn, and all elevators. I would first try to elevate them especially teeth 1 and 16 (love it when they roll out of the socket with an elevator).

I think #1 and #16 have become my favorite teeth to extract. I elevate (typically with sharp end of Woodson) then “deliver” them out of the sockets with 150 in a rotating motion. Super satisfying.

 

[Combine33]

Do you use the black Aetranox proximators? I’m trying to figure out if they are worth the additional cost.

I use them and cant imagine not having them

 

[SilkyJ]

Physics forceps (Just kidding haha)

For real though, Minnesota and Weider retractors, 15 blade, #9 Molt, 77R elevator, and the classic 150/151 forceps. That’s all I touch for 95% of extractions (other than a handpiece).

Props to OMSDoc for sectioning with a chisel. That’s a mark of a classically trained surgeon

 

[OMSDoc]

I trained with a Hall drill, but watched my dad use a mallet and chisel (only) for years before my residency. He picks up a handpiece about twice a year.

When I worked with him for two years, I used mallet and chisel (both for bone removal and tooth sectioning) on 70 percent of my cases.