Description

Conodent Surgical Curette Lucas No. 86AS (Serrated & Angled)

Premium Double-Ended Bone Curette for Extraction Site Debridement

Product Overview

The Conodent Surgical Curette Lucas No. 86AS Serrated is a premium, double-ended surgical hand instrument designed for meticulous bone debridement, cyst enucleation, and granulation tissue removal.

The 86AS configuration represents a highly specialized, modified Lucas geometry. It features an accentuated angled terminal shank (approximately 50°) paired with unique serrated spoon-shaped tips. This aggressive angle allows clinicians to navigate around crown contours and lip constraints to gain direct physical access to deep, isolated socket walls in the posterior maxilla and mandible. The addition of a serrated micro-edge drastically increases soft-tissue engagement, cutting down on procedure times by preventing the sliding common with traditional smooth-edged curettes.

Technical Specifications

Core Design Features & Clinical Benefits

• Micro-Serrated Spoon Tips: Unlike standard smooth Lucas blades, the serrated cutting border acts like an ultra-fine rasp. It firmly grabs resilient, fibrous granulation tissue fragments and tear-resistant cystic walls, stripping them cleanly from cortical bone plates without slipping.

• Accentuated 86AS Angulation: The 50-degree offset terminal shank provides a steep, vertical approach angle. This is vital for thorough apical curettage in the deep bony recesses of posterior molar extraction sites without applying undue stress to the patient’s lip or commissures.

• Balanced Dual-Ended Configuration: Features mirrored left/right oriented working tips. This allows the operator to alternate sides and switch directions smoothly across all internal walls of the socket without changing hand positions or swapping instruments.

• Ergonomic Hollow Core Handle: Engineered with a lightweight, wide-diameter round handle featuring precise crosshatch knurling. This configuration maximizes tactile feedback through the shaft while eliminating hand fatigue during dense fibrous stripping.

• Rigid, Fracture-Resistant Construction: Forged to resist lateral bending or tip fracturing when firmly scraping dense cortical bone layers.

Primary Clinical Applications

• Post-Extraction Socket Debridement: Thoroughly scraping out localized pathology, infected periodontal ligament remnants, and chronic granulation tissue immediately following tooth removal to lay down a healthy blood clot.

• Alveolar Bone Management & Graft Preparation: Cleaning and texturing internal socket walls to induce regional bleeding (decortication) prior to placing bone grafting particulates for socket preservation.

• Cyst Enucleation: Safely shearing small periapical or radicular cysts away from underlying healthy bone borders.