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Category: Dental Equipment & Materials

Modern dentistry runs on a long inventory of instruments, materials, and consumables — and the language is dense. This section of the Rebrief Dental Glossary defines the equipment a dental operatory uses every day, plus the restorative and impression materials that go in patients’ mouths. On the equipment side: handpieces (high-speed, low-speed), articulators, autoclaves, biological sterilization indicators, ultrasonic scalers, and the burs (carbide, diamond) and polishing instruments that finish a restoration. On the materials side: amalgam, composite resin, glass ionomer, calcium hydroxide liners, alginate and polyvinyl siloxane impression materials, lithium disilicate ceramic, and the cements (polycarboxylate, dual-cure resin, temporary) that lute indirect restorations. We also cover digital workflow tools — 3D dental printing, CAD/CAM, intraoral scanners — and the consumables (acid etching gel, dental dam, retraction cord, matrix systems) that make routine procedures predictable. Each entry explains what the item is, what it’s used for, the clinical context where it matters, and links to related procedures and conditions. This is the longest subcategory in the glossary because the inventory is genuinely large. Use the search to jump straight to a term, or browse alphabetically below.

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