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2. Coupland's elevators - Wikipedia

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   There are three sizes usually used sequentially for dental extraction. Coupland's elevators (also known as chisels ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] are instruments commonly used for dental extraction . They are used in sets of three each of increasing size and are used to split multi-rooted teeth and are inserted between the bone and tooth roots and rotated to ...

3. Elevator (dental) - Wikipedia

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   Coupland's Elevators. Elevators (also known as luxators) are instruments used in dental extractions.They may be used to loosen teeth prior to forceps extraction, to remove roots or impacted teeth, when teeth are compromised and susceptible to fracture or when they are malpositioned and cannot be reached with forceps.

4. Dental instrument - Wikipedia

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   Then, a pair of pincers would do the rest of the job, wiggling the tooth out of the gum until the extraction was complete. [8] The functionality of today's dental forceps come from the need to remove items from the mouth such as the cotton balls dentists place next to a patient's teeth or the rubber bands a patient needs for their braces. [9]

5. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   Typically the tooth is lifted using an elevator, and using dental forceps, specific tooth movements are performed (e.g. rocking the tooth back and forth) expanding the tooth socket. Once the periodontal ligament is broken and the supporting alveolar bone has been adequately widened the tooth can be removed.

6. Alveoloplasty - Wikipedia

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   Major designs which are side-cutting forceps and side and end-cutting forceps; Can be used to remove large amounts of bone efficiently; Bone file Double ended instrument; Cannot be used for removal of large amount of bone and only used for final smoothing. Teeth of the bone files are designed in a fashion that bone can be smoothened by pull ...

7. The best electric toothbrushes of 2025, according to dentists

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   Dr. Joyce Kahng, owner of O+M Dental Studio in Orange County, California. Dr. Naomi Goldman Levy, a Boston-based cosmetic dentist. Dr. Irina Kessler, a cosmetic dentist with New York Family Dental ...

8. Dental dam - Wikipedia

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   The dental dam is then applied to the tooth, anchored into place using a metal or flexible plastic clamp (chosen according to the tooth and area it will be applied to). The clamp will ideally fit snugly around the tooth along the margin of the gingiva, stabilising the dental dam and preventing contamination of the working area due to saliva ...

9. Dental key - Wikipedia

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   The dental key, (also known as Clef de Garengeot, Fothergill-Key, English-Key, Dimppel Extractor or Tooth Key) was first mentioned in Alexander Monro's Medical Essays and Observations in 1742, but had probably been in use since around 1730. It remained popular into the 20th century when it was replaced by the more modern forceps.