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Rubber Dam

The document discusses the importance of using a rubber dam for endodontic procedures. It provides several key benefits: 1) It creates a dry, clean, and sterilizable field for the procedure by isolating the tooth from saliva. 2) It protects the patient from accidentally swallowing or aspirating debris, bacteria, or instruments used during the procedure. 3) It protects the patient from injury by instruments and prevents repeated manipulation of oral tissues. The document then discusses various rubber dam materials, frames, clamps, punches, and forceps used in rubber dam placement and their appropriate uses.

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Rubber Dam

The document discusses the importance of using a rubber dam for endodontic procedures. It provides several key benefits: 1) It creates a dry, clean, and sterilizable field for the procedure by isolating the tooth from saliva. 2) It protects the patient from accidentally swallowing or aspirating debris, bacteria, or instruments used during the procedure. 3) It protects the patient from injury by instruments and prevents repeated manipulation of oral tissues. The document then discusses various rubber dam materials, frames, clamps, punches, and forceps used in rubber dam placement and their appropriate uses.

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Rubber Dam

By

Ahmed Labib

All endodontic operation should be


performed under the rubber dam.
-1-It provides a dry, clean and
sterilizable field.
2-It protects the patient from
possible aspiration or swallowing
of tooth and filling debris,
bacteria, necrotic pulp remnants
of operating materials.
3-It protects the patient from
rotary and hand instruments, drug
and the trauma of repeated
manual manipulation of the oral
tissues.
4-It is faster, more convenient and less frustrating than the repeated
changing of cotton rolls or saliva
evacuating devices

5-It eliminates the interference,


annoyance and obscuring of vision by the
tongue and cheeks.
6-Dark color rubber dam material provides
more contrast between the tooth color and
the dam material color, while lighter color
provide more illumination of the operative
field.
7-Prevent talkative patient from wasting
the chair side time

I-Rubber dam material


-Rubber dam material is available
in precut squares or in rolls, in
light or dark colored material
and in a number of
thicknesses.
-The medium weight material can
be adjusted to retract the soft
tissues and it is
recommended.
-This material has the proper
elasticity to hug the tooth
being isolated and providing a
hermetic seal without the use
of floss ligature tied around
each tooth.

-Also, it does not tear or rap easily and


provides an unusual degree of protection
from injury for the underlying soft tissues.
-It exerts a greater retracting force on the
lips and cheeks than the thinner materials,
thus, affording greater access and
improved vision.

-The lighter weight material tends to tear


easily and the heavy weight dam places too
much tension on the clamp. Often resulting
in dislodgment.

II-Rubber dam frames:


-It is used to hold the
dam in a manner that
allows retraction of the
cheeks and providing
unobstructed access
to the tooth to be
treated.

III-Rubber dam clamps:


-R.D.clamps are used to
hold the R.D.materia
over the treated tooth.

-For endodontic therapy


particularly, the use of
clamps with wings allows
a more rapid and efficient
means of applying the
rubber dam .
-The wings allow the dentist
to place the clamp, dam,
and frame in one
operation.

Ivory No.9 & No.O for I&C., No.1 for


PM.,No.26&No.14 A for M

IV-Rubber dam punch


-The rubber dam punch must be
convenient in use and creates
a sharp hole in the dam
material.
- Failure to create a sharp hole
in the dam material, will result
in the contamination of the
field owing to salivary leakage
at the site of the ragged hole
in the dam.

V-Rubber dam forceps


The rubber dam forceps is
used to carry
the rubber dam
clamps on the
involved tooth

THANK
YOU

Ahmed labib

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