Sorry for not knowing what they’re called, but they’re like little metal hooks for getting rid of plaque. I told my dentist that two of my teeth were really sensitive when I eat sweets, and he started pressing on them with the hook. He said they were fine. What are they doing when they do that?
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There’s a few different tools they use. They have robust hooks with hard angles to scrape away plaque. There’s another that has a hook with a thin straight end to it which is what they use to test for cavities. They press it into your tooth to see if
1 it causes discomfort or
2 it “sticks” in a cavity for lack of a better term when they pull the tool away
Cavities leave a bit of a rough surface and traps stuff in them which let’s the hook stick in the cavity.
My grandpa was my dentist growing up and always answered our questions about his tools when we went in
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