What is a Sayre elevator?
Novo Surgical’s Sayre Periosteal Elevator is specially designed to lift layers of soft tissue from bone. This instrument is crafted with a thin blade made to slide between the bone and the layer of periosteum and then gently lift.
What is a freer periosteal elevator?
This is a multipurpose tool used in many procedures, commonly to elevate the periosteum from bone in confined spaces. It is double ended and typically has a rounded handle with two slightly curved, tear-drop shaped tips. One tip is blunt while the other is sharp.
What is a bone elevator used for?
Elevators are used to impart luxation forces to tooth particles, which facilitate severing the periodontal ligament, that connects tooth particles with the surrounding alveolar bone, along the surface areas of tooth particle roots1,2,3.
What is a freer surgical instrument?
Freer Periosteal Elevator Double Ended Long Handle is a specialized instrument crafted for elevation and separation of periosteum and other soft tissues. It plays a vital role in the small animal dental, nasal, and neurosurgical procedures.
What is Warwick James elevator used for?
Used to loosen the tooth from the periodontal ligament and ease extraction.
What is Frazier suction?
The ACE Frazier Suction is a thin instrument used for removing fluid and debris from confined surgical sites such as the nasal cavity, lumbar and cervical regions or intracranially. The ACE Frazier Suction is controlled by a small hole on the handle and multiple tip sizes are available.
For which purpose are periosteal elevators used?
Periosteal elevators are mainly used to lift full thickness soft tissue flaps. The tips require protection and need to be kept very sharp otherwise shredding of the flap can happen. The most common types in use are the double ended Molt P9 but also the Molt 2 and Molt 4.
What is a Periotome?
Periotomes are specialized extraction instruments designed to be placed in the periodontal ligament space with vertical pressure along the long axis of the tooth root. These instruments are thinner and flatter than conventional elevators.
What is a Kerrison Rongeur?
Novo Surgical’s Ferris-Smith Kerrison Rongeur is a unique instrument designed for use in spinal surgeries. It is specifically crafted for use in removal of the posterior arch of the vertebrae by cutting through the laminae. It could also be used for hemi-laminectomy procedures.
What is the difference between a Luxator and elevator?
A luxator is made of softer steel than an elevator, and is not designed to bear rotational forces; it is used as a wedge rather than a first-class or wheel-and-axle lever. Therefore, in a nonsurgical extraction, the luxator is always used parallel to the root surface of the tooth.
What is a Coupland?
Coupland’s elevators (also known as chisels) 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 them out of the sockets.
What is Israel retractor?
Novo Surgical Israel Retractor is a popular instrument used during orthopedic surgeries to retract heavy tissue within the body. The blades resemble a rake and are offered in several widths and depths.