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CP Polishing Agents
Term | Definition |
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Fluoride prophy paste | commercially prepare pastes with fluoride |
Silex | fairly abrasive, used for heavy stains |
Zirconium silicate | highly effective, does not abrade tooth enamel. good for gold, exposed dentin and tooth colored restorations |
Air Polishing - sodium bicarbonate | handpiece w/ nozzle that delivers a slurry of warm water and sodium bicarbonate |
Tin oxide | metal polishing pasted, used for amalgam and other metal restorations |
Superfine Silex | light stains |
Flour of pumice | volcanic glass; enamel, gold foil, amalgam, acrylic denture bases |
Fine pumice | mildly abrasive; persistent stains (tobacco) |
Bristle brushes | removes stains from deep pits and fissures of the enamel. can cause cuts in the gingivae. not used on exposed cementum or dentin |
Chalk; whiting | calcium carbonate |
Commercial pre-mixed preps | abrasive, water, humectant, binder, flavoring, color |
Dental tape | wide thread similar to floss, composed of fine fibers - used unwaxed when polishing interproximal surfaces |