Louis ZG Touyz*

McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Related Sciences, Canada

*Corresponding Author: Louis ZG Touyz, McGill University, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Related Sciences, Canada.

Received: April 21, 2026; Published: May 31, 2026

Hands evolved from fish fins. Hand-held dental instruments have been used since ancient times. Advanced power-driven tools demand refined manual skill. Aim: Reviewed here are classical manual grips used in executing dentistry. Skill combined with manual grips facilitates complex dental restoration and rehabilitation. Reviewed here are common hand-grips in ubiquitous use of dental hand-held instruments, Digital and wrist positions for activation are appraised and implications for use of a robotic hand in future. Skill combined with manual grips facilitates successful complex dental restoration and rehabilitation.

Keywords: Computer; Hand; Grips; Manual-Skills; Dexterity; Mechanical-hand; Robots

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Citation

Citation: Louis ZG Touyz. “The Hand and Manual Grips in Dentistry". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 10.6 (2026): 41-46.

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Copyright: © 2026 Louis ZG Touyz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.