General information on the establishment of a new dental practice is provided here for the benefit of dentists coming into private practice of their own. As the practice grows, you may add the latest in dental technology for the personal satisfaction and patient benefit.

LIST OF EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND METERIALS REQUIRED
A. Equipment :
Dental unit, Dental chair, Air rotor, X ray machine, Suction, Compressor, Hanging Motor / Lathe, Micromoter / Air motor, Sterilizer, Autoclave, Light cure unit, Ultrasonic scaler, glass bead sterilizer, etc.
B. Instruments :
1. Oral Diagnosis :
a. Mouth Mirror, b. Tweezers, c. Probe (Straight / Curved )
1. Periodontics :
a. Supra and subgingival Scalers , b. Polishing discs & Brushes , c. Graceys Currette
1. Operative Dentisitry :
1. Diamond Burs (For Air Rotor & Conventional Hand Piece ) e.g.: Inverted Cone, Tapered Fissure, Straight, Round, Finishing burs for composite and Amalgam Burs.
2. Excavators.
3. Stainless steel Burs and alpine Stones for Straight Hand Piece.
4. Root canal Instruments :
Broaches, Reamers No. 15 to 80, K- files No. 15 to 80, Gutta Percha Points, Spiral Fillers, Spreaders & Pluggers, Pesso Reamers, Gates dirlls.
5. Silver Amalgam Filling Insturments
Condensers (Parallelogram and round ), Burnisher, Hallenbeck Carver, Cement Spatula, Glass Slab, Cellophane Strips, Matrix bands & Matrix Retainer No 1 & 8 for CI.II, MOD Cavities, Chip Blower, Dappen Dishes, Amalgam Carrier, Motor & Pestle.
6. Composite placement & Carving Instruments
7. Polishing Instruments or kits for Amalgam & Composites
8. Caries Indicator
1. Prosthetics :
1. Impression trays of various sizes for Edentulous and Edentulous Cases.
2. Wax knife, Plaster Knife, Spatula, Rubber Bowl, Lecron Carver, Spirit Lamp, Articulator, Articulating paper.
3. Crown and Bridge Prep. Burs.
4. Acrylic trimmers & metal polishers
5. Oral Surgery :
1 Various Extraction Forceps & Elevators:
Upper Forceps -
Upper Molars (right & left ), Upper premolar, Upper Anterior, Upper Root Piece (Bayonet), Upper third molar
Lower Forceps :
Lower Anterior, Lower Molar, Lower Premolar, Lower Cowherd, Lower Roots
Elevators :
Straight Elevator, James, Warwick, Winter Cryer, Apexo Lever,
1. Suture Needles round, half round, suture material, Artery Forceps, Needle Holder, Periosteal, Syringes, Bard parker Handle , Surgical Blades no. 11 no 12 no15 etc.
2. Rongeur Forceps
3. Scissors, straight, angulated and curved
4. 26 & 28 Gauge Stainless Steel Wires
6. wires cutter

5. Orthodontia :
1. Universal Orthodontic Plier
2. Wires 20 and 24 gauge.
1. General : 1. Chittle Forceps 2. Rectangular Trays 3. Kidney trays 4. Drums 5. Cotton Holder
6. Waste reciever.
A. MATERIALS REQUIRED :
1. Oral Diagnosis : 1. X ray films, 2. Developer, Fixer solution , 3. Jars for solutions , 4. X ray developing light bulb.
2. Periodontal : Peripack, pol;ishing Paste or Glycerine & Pumice , Disclosing Solution
3. Operative Dentistry : Silver alloy & Mercury, Zine Oxide Cement and Eugenol, Carboxylate Cement , Zine phosphate cement, Ca (oh)2 Powder or paste (Dycal), Glass lonomer type II, IX, LC, Hydrogeon Peroxide, Sodium Hypochloride, Etching gel, Bonding Agents, compomer, composite (macrofill & hybrid ).
4. Prosthetics :
Impression Compound, Alginate Impression material, Rubberbase material (Putty & Light Body), low fusing (Greenstick) Compound, Impression paste, Stone Plaster, Die Stone, Plaster of paris, Copying Pencil, 6" Ruler, Modelling Wax, Carborundum Discs, Mandrels, Luting Cements (carboxylate , Glass lonomer type 1, Resin , etc. )
5. General :
Disinfection chemicals , gloves, Disposable syringes & needless, L.A. solution (2% Lignocaine ) or cartridges, Cotton , Gauze, Stationary including Letter head pads, Revenue Stamps. Rubber Stamps (Name, Degree , Address ), Envelopes, Consent form, case – paper, various registers, etc.
This is by no means a complete list. There are many more items, materials, instruments available in the market. Depending upon individual choice and nature of work one is going to do, one may purchase many more items other than those given in this list.
However, this list covers by and large, most of the items you should essentially have while staring the practice.

A. IMPORTANT

Emergency Drugs which must always be ready at hand in the clinic.
1. Adrenaline Ampoule 1 :1000
2. Efcorlin (corticosteriod )
3. Mephentine Sulphate (vasopressor)
4. Aminophyline (Bronchodialator )
5. Soda- Bicarb
6. Anti Histaminic
7. Coramine (Nakathimide)
8. Phenobarbitol Sidiam
9. Glycerine Trinitrate
10. Nitroglycerine
11. Atropne Sulphate
12. Inj.R.C.K. (Adenochrome Monosemicarbazone for Control of bleeding )
13. Oxygen Cylinder / Ambu bag.