What are restorative dental instruments?

Restorative dental instruments are tools used to place, shape, and finish direct restorations such as composite fillings, amalgams, glass ionomer, and indirect onlays. The category includes composite/plastic filling instruments, condensers and pluggers, burnishers (ball, beavertail, acorn), carvers (discoid-cleoid, Hollenback, Half-Hollenback), spatulas, and impression trays. US Elite carries hollow-handle and titanium-nitride tip variants designed to reduce pull on composite resin.