Dental probes

Yeah, thanks for the tip.  That's a good reason to visit your dentist.  I do have one tool, but I paid for it at a flea market.

Dental probes certainly come in handy. I use them to install traction tires.

Hopefully they were sanitized before he gave them to you. I still would be rather leery about using a sharp object that was used prior to poke around in someone elses mouth, as Hep C and the aids virus are difficult to kill.

i would reccomend soaking them in straight bleach for a few days before taking a chance and poking yourself with them. imho

That's a good Idea Frank.I got some from a guy at our local hobby shop,I don't think he used them for dental work,but to play it safe I think I will clean them just to be on the safe side.

The older I get, the more I dislike probes of any kind.

Those are precisely what I have uaed all along (even though the picks do seem to give me a viscious li'l poke every once in a while, esp. if I'm not attentive when reaching for them in my tool box.) I bought mine new, however, at an Army - Navy Surplus store in Cortland, NY when visiting there.

My dentist has been saving and giving me his old instruments for years.He does sterilize them before he gives them to me.They are still taped up in the sterilizing pouch.

A 30 minute soak in 10% bleach plus 30 minutes in boiling water will render the instruments completely sterile. This will completely kill the toughest of pathogens (Hep.C,MRSA's,HIV etc.)

I just want to make sure everyone stays safe and diesease free. There is a lot of anxiety and stress involved when you find out you have been exposed to a victim who was bleeding, and later find out they had HIV or Hep C

When I had cardiac by-pass surgery, the Doctor gave me some fantastic tiny scissors and tweezers.  

I also use these for electronic repair work.