smooth broach

broach

 [brōch]

1. an elongated, tapered, and serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.

2. barbed b.; root canal b.

barbed broach a thin, flexible, hand-operated or engine-driven endodontic instrument, usually tapered, with a series of sharply pointed barbs along the operative head; used for engaging and removing the dental pulp and other substances intact from the root canal or pulp chamber.

pathfinder broach root canal probe.

root canal broach a broach, usually barbed, used for removing the soft tissue contents of the root canal; see barbed b.

smooth broach root canal probe.

smooth broach

an exploring instrument used in endodontic practice; a root canal tine.

smooth broach

(smūdh brōch)

Exploring instrument used in endodontic practice; a root canal tine.