{"product_id":"surgiworld-23-shepherd-s-hook-explorer-ex123b","title":"SurgiWorld – 23 Shepherd's Hook Explorer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Shepherd's Hook Explorer #23 is reached for during routine restorative and hygiene exams whenever a clinician needs to check occlusal pits and fissures for caries or run the tip along a filling or crown margin to feel for a ledge, overhang, or open margin. It is the standard general-purpose explorer taught in dental and hygiene programs and is the tip most clinicians default to first during a visual and tactile exam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe working end is a large, rounded hook rather than a fine wire tip, which gives it moderate tactile sensitivity and a shape that catches naturally on surface irregularities as it is drawn across a tooth. This makes it well suited to occlusal surfaces and accessible margins, though the same hook shape gives it less reach into tight subgingival pockets than a fine, angled tip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClinically, the #23 is used for caries detection on occlusal and buccal\/lingual surfaces, checking restoration margins, and general charting during new patient and recall exams. SurgiWorld also stocks this same #23 hook combined with a second working end (TU17, DG16, or #6) on double-ended explorers for clinicians who want the #23 hook plus a second tip in one instrument. Single-ended, medical-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant, fully autoclavable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eProduct Features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul class=\"feature-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShepherd's Hook Explorer #23 detects pit and fissure caries with a large, rounded hook tip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModerate tactile sensitivity suited to occlusal and accessible buccal\/lingual surfaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatches naturally on marginal ledges, overhangs, and open restoration margins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe standard general-purpose explorer pattern used in most hygiene and restorative exams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForms the base tip on SurgiWorld's double-ended 23 combination explorers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle-ended design keeps the instrument compact and easy to control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant, fully autoclavable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SurgiWorld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67751017611578,"sku":"EX123B","price":44.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/2975\/5194\/files\/EX123B_1.jpg?v=1792584714","url":"https:\/\/thedentalsolutions.ca\/products\/surgiworld-23-shepherd-s-hook-explorer-ex123b","provider":"Dental Solutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}