Inventors:
Miguel Rico - Shawnee Mission KS
International Classification:
A61C 300
Abstract:
A tooth root extractor comprises first and second elongate arms pivotally connected at adjacent first ends thereof. A threaded tooth root screw is operably retained by a free end of the first arm and operably engages and is received within a root of a tooth to be extracted. A free end of the second arm is supported by gums or teeth surrounding the tooth root. A jackscrew positioned between the two arms is manipulable to bias the arms apart, thereby extracting the tooth root. The jackscrew is located exteriorly of the mouth of the patient when the extractor is in an operational position thereof.