Atraumatic extractions: a biomechanical rationale

Dent Today. 2008 Aug;27(8):98, 100-1.

Abstract

Biomechanical aspects of force have been applied to tooth extraction for centuries. However, the mechanical advantages available to extract the teeth were primarily applied to hold the crown of the tooth, rather than help extract it. An extraction device (Physics Forceps) has been developed to apply a biomechanical rationale to the extraction process of a tooth using a class 1 lever, creep, and shear components of force.

MeSH terms

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Rotation
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Tooth Extraction / instrumentation*
  • Tooth Extraction / methods
  • Torque