Armamentarium:

Diagnostic:

Mouth mirror

Cotton Plier

Probe- (Double ended) 23/Williams or 23/unc15

Masks

Gloves

Eye wear/ protection/ loupes

Restorative:

High speed hand piece

Slow speed hand piece

Excavators- spoon (small/medium)

Hatchet or chisel or hoe

Gingival marginal trimmer

Amalgam (regular set)

Light cure gun

Composite (Hybrid and or micro filled) with etch, prime and bond

Flowable composite

Amalgam well

Amalgam carrier

Burnisher (ball or egg) (small and medium)

Interproximal carver and Clappison carver (these are optional)

Hollenbach carver

Discoid/ cleoid carver

Pluggers/ condensors (small/ medium)

BP blade and surgical blade #12

PFI or composite instruments (these come in various shapes and sizes, choose what suits you best)

Tofflemire retainer and matrices regular or contoured

Sectional systems eg. Palodent, Garrison compositight 3d, Triodent v3

Wedges

Mylar strips

Endodontic:

DG16 endo explorer

Gates glidden files #1 - #6

Crown Temporization:

Material> luxatemp, integrity or protemp (either of these will work)

Vaseline

PVS (putty consistency)

Rubber Dam:

Frame, clamps, punch, forceps, sheet

Floss

Burs:

Here is the list of burs that i feel would be sufficient for your needs. This list has been composed using
the brasseler catalogue and a combination of burs provided by uwo as well as my preferences.

It is not meant to be the only burs that you should use but will help you through the learning process. So
please feel free to try out other types, shapes and sizes of burs and make your own kit.
CARBIDES:

FG- 245

330

169

557 st. fissure- alternate for cavity preps

LT- 1/4 round

2 "

4 "

6 " (burs 4 and 6 should be useful for caries excavation and endo acess)

56 st. fissure

35 or 36 inverted cone- alternate to smoothening floors

FG Finishing burs;

7901

7104

7406

LT Polishing

Mandrel + soflex discs

Enhance cones or cups

DIAMONDS:

Needle- 858/ 014 or

859/ 010
Flame- 30011/ 012

(All of the above can be used to reduce contacts)

Mod. flat end taper- 847kr/ 016

Round end taper- 856/ 012

856/ 014

856/ 016

Egg- 379/ 023 (can be used for lingual reduction of anteriors or occlusal)

End cutting- 10839/ 012 or 014 (margin refinement)> this is optional

N>B> All the above diamonds can be ordered in different grits. My preference would be to get coarse
burs (green) or medium (blue) when you want to do gross reduction for eg. 856/ 016 or the burs for
contacts and fine (red) for finishing eg. 856/ 014.

If you have any other questions please ask and hope this helps.

Tehchin.