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Dental spatulas designed to mix dental materials used for impressions, restoration, and/or other dental operative procedures. These instruments typically consist of a sturdy metallic (e.g., stainless steel) handheld instrument with a working distal tip that may be flat or curved. The tips of some of these spatulas are made from materials that resist sticking to the materials being mixed. Some material mixing disposable spatulas may be wood or plastic. Dental material mixing spatulas are used in the preparation of dental materials used for prosthodontics procedures, such as impression (e.g., wax) and restoration (e.g., composite resins); they are also used to mix cements and/or other dental materials used in dental procedures. Dedicated smaller spatulas used to mix small quantities of cements are also available.
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