Periodontal Knives

What a Periodontal Knife Is, and How It Differs from a Curette

A periodontal knife is a hand instrument with a shaped blade for cutting soft tissue in periodontal surgery, specified as a complete instrument with its own pattern name and figure. A curette is a different instrument: it has a rounded toe for debridement rather than a cutting blade shaped for soft tissue. A scalpel handle with a detachable blade is a third arrangement, in which the blade and the handle are separate components with their own references.

Keep each of these on its own line in an order or a surgical set list, because a shared periodontal context does not make them interchangeable.

Kirkland-Type and Orban-Type Blade Forms

Kirkland-type knives are the broad gingivectomy patterns, such as 15/16, and Orban-type knives are the narrow, spear-shaped interdental patterns, such as 1/2. Other named forms include Goldman-Fox, a pattern-specific soft-tissue form, Buck, a double-ended figure, and the curved-blade Crane-Kaplan pattern, for example CK-3.

These names describe the blade form you want and are not listings on this page. Pattern names can be read differently from one catalog to another, so the working end is fixed by the figure, the side, the blade dimensions and the handle you confirm in the quotation, not by the family name alone.

Figures, Sides and Double-Ended Instruments

A paired designation such as 15/16 names the two ends of one double-ended instrument, so a knife quoted with two numbers is one complete instrument, not two handles. Check both ends and their orientation, and record the quantity of complete instruments. For side-specific patterns keep the left or right designation on the order line, since the two sides are not interchangeable.

To replace an existing knife, send the full pattern or paired designation, the product or previous order reference, and photographs of each blade face and the side profile, with any blade dimension that controls the match recorded apart from overall length. These details keep the working-end identity clear when a handle marking is incomplete or worn.

Periodontal Surgery Sets and Private Label

A periodontal surgery set may include knives, chisels, files, curettes, periosteal elevators, retractors, forceps, scissors and a needle holder. Quote the whole set from an exact bill of materials, and list each knife by pattern, full end designation, side, handle and quantity as its own line. Add the cassette, marking, packaging and replacement requirements so the quoted composition can be repeated, and keep each knife's reference and cassette position so a replacement does not rely on a general kit name.

Private-label requirements may include instrument marking, primary packaging, labels, artwork and outer-carton information. Approve the pattern name and blade photographs before production.

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Quote and Evidence Checklist

Send the named pattern, figure, side, blade dimensions where they are critical, handle, quantity, marking, packaging and destination. If you quote a third-party reference to describe the geometry, it identifies the form you want and implies no affiliation or compatibility.

Available material, finish, manufacturing, packaging, certification, and export evidence can accompany the quotation. Inspection and reprocessing follow the exact instrument instructions and facility protocol.

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