An osteotome is an instrument used for cutting or preparing bone.
Osteotomes are similar to a
chisel
A chisel is a hand tool with a characteristic Wedge, wedge-shaped cutting edge on the end of its blade. A chisel is useful for carving or cutting a hard material such as woodworking, wood, lapidary, stone, or metalworking, metal.
Using a chi ...
but bevelled on both sides.
They are used today in
plastic surgery,
orthopedic surgery
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...
and
dental implantation.
The chain osteotome, originally referred to simply as the osteotome, was invented by the German physician
Bernhard Heine in 1830.
This device is essentially a small
chainsaw
A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable handheld power saw, power saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar.
Modern chainsaws are typically gasoline or electric and are used in activities such as t ...
.
See also
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Instruments used in general surgery
There are many different Surgery, surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of Surgical instrument, surgical instruments to perform.
General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the Thyroid, thyroid gland; Disease, dis ...
References
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Orthopaedic instruments