Bone Scraper

Description

Bone Scraper

Small defects often need only a little autogenous bone. A dental bone scraper collects those shavings from cortical surfaces close to the surgical field, so the team can avoid a second harvest site in many cases. The catalogue places it among its bone scrapers and chisels. In practice, it is a hand instrument you pull across bone in short, firm strokes.

How Shaving Differs From Coring

A trephine removes a solid core, while a scraper lifts thin curls of bone from the surface. Those curls are easy to pack into a defect, and they mix well with substitute material. Therefore, many clinicians reach for a scraper first when the volume needed is modest. When a large block is required, they switch to other harvesting methods.

Typical Harvest Sites

Surgeons commonly scrape the external oblique ridge, the zygomatic buttress, or bone already exposed by the flap. Because the shavings come from the same field, the procedure stays short. In addition, the collected material can go straight into a graft well or onto the recipient site.

• Collects autogenous cortical shavings
• Works through the existing surgical access
• Blends easily with particulate substitutes

Keeping the Edge Effective

A scraper works only while its edge stays keen. So inspect the cutting edge under good light after each use. If it skids instead of biting, it is time for a replacement.

Checked in the U.S., Covered for Three Years

Our staff inspect each scraper in the United States before it is boxed. It ships without sterilization, so clean and autoclave it per your protocol. Any scraper flaw traced to production is covered for three years against manufacturing defects. Dulling from scraping cortical bone, however, is normal wear.

Scraper alloy is selected under ASTM F899 for steels used in hand instruments. Hold the shavings in a Bone Basin until placement, and browse more in Dental Implant Instruments. Ordering help lives on our FAQs.

This scraper is sold to trained professionals for oral surgical use. Our care and sterilization guide and shipping and delivery page cover the rest.