There is a wide range of carvers for dental wax patterns, porcelain, and other dental restorative materials but only few of them are commonly used today.

Discoid-cleoid is valuable in carving occlusal anatomy of wax models and also on almost all types of dental restorative materials, especially amalgam. Cleoid-discoids are double-ended instruments with one end that is disc-shaped and the other is ovoid-shaped that tapers to a point. The edges of both working ends are sharp for carving materials in a scraping motion. They are also used for burnishing inlay margins. They are available in straight, mono, and bi-angled types.

Hollenback carvers have thin, flat, pointed ends, which are ideal for contouring proximal anatomy of wax models and carving occlusal and interproximal anatomy of any dental restorations. This is a double-ended instrument with the flat surface of each blade facing two opposite directions. The shanks are slightly curved and the blades are at 45-degrees angle. Half-hollenback carver has the exact description but is half the size of a hollenback.

Another variation of the Hollenback is the interproximal carving knife. It also has the same features with the Hollenback except that the blades are deviated either to the left or to the right for easy handling and better visibility.

Wards carver, another type of Hollenback, has longer and more pointed blades. Le Cron carver is used for fine trimming of wax at various stages of denture construction. The blade on one end looks like a kitchen knife. On the other end, the blade is disc-shaped with sharp edges. Roach and Vehe carvers have the same spear-shaped blade on one end. On the other end, Roach has a thick oval blade while Vehe have a small thin blade that is tear-shaped.