SCALPEL Camilo Palles The scalpel is a surgical knife that permit make a precise incision into soft tissue. HANDLE BLADE Handle Flat handle # 3 These allow a better grip round handle # 5 It is the part where we placed the scalpel blade The most used handles in odontology are: stainles s steel these can be autoclaved be used again Blade It is the active part that permit perform the cut These blade are disposable and come in sterile packaging These must be discarded in the sharps container Scalpel blade number 15 electric scalpel This allows to cut soft tissues and at the same time produce coagulation this allows to have a surgical field free of blood and safer Reference ■ https://www.dentaltix.com/es/blog/bisturi-los-tipos-mas-utilizados-odontologia