Dentra Extraction Forceps Fig 73 Lower Molars, Hawk's Bill

Dentra Extraction Forceps Fig 73, Lower Molars, Hawk's Bill

What is included

What is not included

Where Fig 73 is used

Fig 73 is the general lower molar forceps, used on either side of the mandible. It is the instrument most practices reach for on a routine mandibular first or second molar where the crown is intact enough to grip and the roots do not require a furcation approach.

Two design points do the work. The Hawk's Bill angle brings the beaks onto the tooth from above at the angle a mandibular molar is actually approached, so the operator's wrist stays neutral and the force applied runs down the long axis of the tooth rather than across it. The wide cross serrated beaks then hold that position. Where a narrower beak concentrates load on a small area of enamel and invites a crown fracture, a wide beak spreads it, which is why this pattern is favoured for molars with substantial restorations.

Where the tooth is more compromised, or where the operator wants purchase in the furcation rather than on the crown, a cow horn pattern is the alternative approach. Both have a place, and most practices carry both.

Key features

Specification

Reprocessing and care

The above is general guidance. The practice decontamination policy and current national guidance on decontamination in primary care dental practices take precedence.

Dentra range

Dentra is the dental instrument range from Elarix Medical. Extraction forceps are supplied by figure number across the English and American patterns, alongside orthodontic pliers and cutters and prosthodontic measuring instruments. Every item is individually referenced and barcoded, so a repeat order is placed against a code rather than a description.