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2. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   In a surgical extraction the dentist may elevate the soft tissues covering the tooth and bone, and may also remove some of the overlying and/or surrounding jaw bone with a drill or, less commonly, an instrument called an osteotome. Frequently, the tooth may be split into multiple pieces to facilitate its removal.

3. Elevator (dental) - Wikipedia

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   Elevator (dental) 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. [1]

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. 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 elevate ...

6. Dental key - Wikipedia

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   The dental key is an instrument that was used in dentistry to extract diseased teeth. Before the era of antibiotics , dental extraction was often the method of choice to treat dental infections , and extraction instruments date back several centuries.

7. Dentistry - Wikipedia

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   ICD-9-CM. 23 - 24. MeSH. D003813. [edit on Wikidata] An oral surgeon and dental assistant removing a wisdom tooth. Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and ...