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elevator /el·e·va·tor/ (el´i-vat-er) an instrument for elevating tissues for removing osseous fragments or roots of teeth.

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el·e·va·tor (l-vtr)

n.

1. A surgical instrument used to elevate tissues or to raise a sunken part, such as a depressed fragment of bone.

2. A dental instrument used to remove teeth or parts of teeth that cannot be gripped with a forceps or to loosen teeth and roots before using forceps.

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elevator,

n an instrument used to raise or lift something.

elevator, dental,

n one of a variety of blades used for engaging teeth and roots to remove them from their alveoli.

elevator, malar,

n an instrument used to elevate or reposition the zygomatic bone.

elevator, periosteal,

n a thin blade used to lift periosteum from bone.

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elevator

1. dental elevator used to loosen tooth in socket.

2. rib elevator, usually combined with a periosteum stripper, e.g. Sayre double-ended periosteal elevator, Matson rib stripper and elevator.