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Hollenback carver
Also called: Hollenback 3S, half-Hollenback
A thin angled blade carver for shaping the sides and between teeth.
The Hollenback carver has thin, angled, knife-like blades. It is used to carve the proximal (side) areas of a filling and remove excess material along the margins.
How to spot it
- Thin, narrow, flat blades angled off the shank, smaller than a discoid-cleoid.
What it is used for
- Carving interproximal areas and margins on amalgam (and sometimes composite).
Safety and care
- Semicritical item (it touches the inside of the mouth): clean it, package it and heat-sterilize it after every patient.