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Which instrument formula is used when the cutting edge of the instrument is at a right angle to the blade?
Which instrument formula is used when the cutting edge of the instrument is at a right angle to the blade?
- 4 Number instrument formula
- 2 Number instrument formula
- 5 Number instrument formula
- 3 Number instrument formula (correct)
What is the first number in the 4 Number instrument formula?
What is the first number in the 4 Number instrument formula?
- Angle the blade forms with the axis of the handle in centigrade
- Length of the blade in millimeter
- Width of the blade in tenths of a millimeter (correct)
- Angle the cutting edge forms with the axis of the handle in centigrade
Which instrument is an example of the 4 Number instrument formula?
Which instrument is an example of the 4 Number instrument formula?
- Gingival marginal trimmer
- Both Gingival marginal trimmer and Angle former (correct)
- Angle former
- Enamel hatchet
What does the second number represent in the 3 Number instrument formula?
What does the second number represent in the 3 Number instrument formula?
What does the third number represent in the 4 Number instrument formula?
What does the third number represent in the 4 Number instrument formula?