Talk:Mouth mirror

hmm

what about something about how commandos used them to look around corners? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nukleon (talk • contribs).

No, no, "hmm" doesn't work. You say "aah"! :) Anyway, if you have a reliable source and the fact is verifiable, just be BOLD and mention it. Femto 12:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I really doubt that commandos use dentist mouth mirrors. I'm sure the mirrors they use to see around corners have their own name and are manufactured for commando purposes from the start, rather than being initially designed for dentistry use and then sold to the department of defense to be used differently. The Border Patrol, however, does use giant dentist mouth mirrors to see under vehicles. Neptunerover (talk) 21:01, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Fog

Do they have some type of anti-fog coating? — Omegatron 00:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Frequently, dentists will ask the patients to not breathe through their mouth, as this helps prevent fogging up the mirror, and also the mirror may be wiped down by the saliva of the patient or blown with air by the assistant. - Dozenist talk 03:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

There is a simple trick dentist use for antifog. The same ENT doctors use and you do learn it very early. There exists also a video but needs english subtitles to explain and i do only knw the simple you tube method for subtitles. I ill check it. --Arztde (talk) 18:10, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

better description?

I think there could be a better description of the item. I admit the picture says a thousand words, but I think a true encyclopedic entry would still describe it in better detail, such as how it is a small round mirror angled up at 45° from level at the end of a short shaft of about 6 or so inches in length that may be extended into a patient's mouth. How about, do any of them have mirrors on both sides? Also, the references to sizes is sort of vague, I think. Neptunerover (talk) 20:46, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Agree

Its a long time ago you suggest this. I did try in the last days to improve, but it will realy give to much discussions with the medical team. Those are more interest to their medicine, (i am not a dentist) but a medical doctor that is since 30 years interested in medicine instruments. A lot of dealers take their resources from Wikipedia.Miss Tocan does not speak English, just German and Romanian. She did start to give it back in hers articles. For example mouth mirrors only are produced with size 4 and 5 by machines. From size 6 to 10 they are handmade. The exact specifications are there and is no problem to offer. But she said she can only set the things in hers resources as CC-BY-SA. She say so if she put the hers knowledge and knowledge inside hers resources and if someone is interested from wikipedia to use than why not. If she herself starts with this than suddenly will come a big discussion because of neutral view of point. Exact specifications good dealers and manufactorers have. In regular not the doctors. In this way important information get lost — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arztde (talk • contribs) 16:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Reference to ISO standard

Hi, I found that the following standard exists: (BS) (EN) ISO 9873:2017 - Dentistry -- Intra-oral Mirrors with the following summary text: ISO 9873:2017 specifies requirements and test methods for reusable intra-oral mirrors with a coated glass reflecting surface used for dental purposes in the oral cavity. In addition, specific requirements for metallic casing and metallic handles are given. Having skimmed through parts of this standard, it is very relevant and should be included but I don't know where to add it or how to reference standards. The specific information I was looking for was the dimensions of the 'sizes' which is covered by a table in the standard. It would be nice to perhaps include this in the article. Slink pink (talk) 13:13, 4 December 2017 (UTC)