An intraoral fulcrum is accomplished by establishing a finger rest near the tooth to be instrumented. Establishing a finger rest as close as possible to the working end of the instrument is preferable so the fingers in the grasp will remain touching.

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The finger rest should be near to the tooth to be instrumented. The finger rest should not be so close to the working end that the clinician ' s finger is in the line of the stroke (so that when a stroke is made, the working end could puncture the glove and knick the clinician ' s finger).

An Intraoral Fulcrum Is Accomplished by Establishing a Finger Rest