Explorers are versatile instruments from diagnosing calculus and caries to exploring of pockets, restorations and furcations. Most explorers and periodontal probes are available also in single-ended designs.
· For distal surfaces (17)
· Elongated lower shank and “back-action” blade (17)
· For areas in the vicinity of proximal contact surfaces (17)
· For probing occlusal surface grooves (23)
· For detecting subgingival calculus (23)
