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The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom. This list covers, but is not limited to, innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields ...
Dental instrument. Mouth mirror, a commonly used dental instrument. Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, treat, restore, and remove teeth and surrounding oral structures. [1]
National Health Service (Dental Charges, General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/544) Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No.4 and Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (Wales) (Amendment No.1) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/546)
Universal Numbering System. Universal numbering system. This is a dental practitioner view, so tooth number 1, the rear upper tooth on the patient's right, appears on the left of the chart. The Universal Numbering System, sometimes called the "American System", is a dental notation system commonly used in the United States. [ 1][ 2]
The tool's design is based on a dental impactor, [6] a device that taps dental amalgam into cavities in teeth. [4] Activator I was patented by Activator Methods International on September 26, 1978. [4] [7] [8] Activator II was released, with an added "impedance head", in 1994. [4]
Periodontal probe. A periodontal probe is an instrument in dentistry commonly used in the dental armamentarium. It is usually long, thin, and blunted at the end. Its main function is to evaluate the depth of the pockets surrounding a tooth in order to determine the periodontium 's overall health. For accuracy and readability, the instrument's ...
Dental drill. A high-speed dental handpiece. A dental drill or dental handpiece is a hand-held, mechanical instrument used to perform a variety of common dental procedures, including removing decay, polishing fillings, performing cosmetic dentistry, and altering prostheses . The handpiece itself consists of internal mechanical components that ...
A paternoster in Prague. Paternoster elevator in The Hague, when it was still in operation. A paternoster ( / ˌpeɪtərˈnɒstər /, / ˌpɑː -/, or / ˌpæ -/) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a ...