Standardization

Diagnostic Instruments

Explorers are double-ended instruments with long tapered tines at either a right
or an obtuse angle. This design facilitates
the location of canal orifices. They are very stiff and should not be inserted into
canals or used for condensing gutta-percha.
Explorers should never be heated.
The spoon excavator is another long-shank instrument. The excavator is used to
remove caries, deep temporary cement,
or coronal pulp tissue. The endodontic excavator has a right or left orientation
similar to that of operative hand excavators.
Excavators should not be heated. (Endodontic Principles and Practice 4 th Edition)

Xray Periapical
Film Holders for paralleling technique