Opening a new clinic involves many decisions. Instruments are one area where planning saves money and stress. Use this checklist as a starting point and adjust it for your services and patient volume.
Examination
- Mirrors and handles
- Explorers
- Periodontal probes
- College pliers
Hygiene
- Sickle scalers (anterior and posterior)
- Universal curettes
- Gracey curettes (5/6, 7/8, 11/12, 13/14)
- Sharpening stone
Restorative
- Excavators
- Plastic filling instruments and condensers
- Carvers and burnishers
- Matrix systems (Tofflemire and/or sectional)
- Cement spatulas
- Rubber dam kit
Oral surgery
- Extraction forceps (upper and lower, molars, roots)
- Straight and angled elevators
- Luxating elevators
- Periosteal elevators
- Retractors
- Surgical curettes
- Rongeur and bone file
- Needle holders, tissue forceps, scissors
- Haemostats
Endodontics (if offered)
- Endo explorer
- Spreaders and pluggers
- Locking pliers
Reprocessing
- Cassettes for each procedure
- Pouches and wraps
- Lubricant and indicators
How many sets?
Plan at least three sets of each kit per room (in use, in processing, ready).
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