$5.65

• Hands-free; patient bites down to self-retract cheeks
• Clear plastic; adult size; double-ended design
• Autoclavable to 250?F; reusable; latex-free
• For intraoral photography and dental procedures
• No assistant hand-holding required during retraction
• Quantity: 2 per Pack

Plasdent Extand Hands-Free Cheek Retractors, Clear Plastic, Adult is used for bilateral cheek and lip retraction during intraoral clinical photography, composite and bonding procedures, whitening treatments, orthodontic records, oral examinations, and any dental procedure requiring simultaneous bilateral soft tissue retraction where the patient bites down on the double-ended hands-free retractor frame to hold the cheeks and lips retracted away from the teeth without requiring the clinician or assistant to manually hold the retractors in position throughout the procedure, freeing both hands for instrument use and photography during the retracted-field clinical activity. The hands-free design eliminates the need for a second operator to hold the retractors during intraoral photography, allowing solo clinical photography without assistant support at the retractor, which is particularly valuable for practices that photograph their own cases during procedures without a dedicated photography assistant present at each photography session.

Dentists, orthodontists, dental hygienists, and clinical assistants who perform intraoral photography, composite bonding, and other procedures requiring bilateral soft tissue retraction find Plasdent Extand Hands-Free Cheek Retractors the clear autoclavable adult-size hands-free retractor for their active clinical photography and retraction workflow. ? Each pack contains 2 individual Extand Hands-Free Cheek Retractors in adult size, providing a pair of retractors for active clinical use. The 2-retractor pack provides a backup retractor when one is in the autoclave sterilization cycle, ensuring continuous availability of a sterilized retractor for each patient appointment without waiting for a single retractor to complete the autoclave cycle before the next use. Adult size provides the dimensions and retractor opening suited for the lip and cheek anatomy of adult patients, providing adequate retraction of the commissures and cheek tissue to expose the full dentition for photography and clinical procedures without the tissue slipping or the retractor frame contacting the teeth during use. ? Plasdent Extand Hands-Free Cheek Retractors work through their double-ended C-shaped frame that the patient positions in the mouth with the retractor flanges seated behind the commissures of the lips bilaterally, then bites lightly downward to lock the retractor frame in the retracted position that holds the cheeks and lips laterally displaced from the tooth surfaces.

The patient's own bite pressure maintains the retractor position and retraction force throughout the procedure without clinician or assistant hand support, and the clear plastic material allows the lip and cheek anatomy to remain partially visible through the retractor frame during clinical examination and photography without obstructing the view of the dentition from any standard intraoral photography angle. Autoclavable to 250 degrees Fahrenheit, the retractors withstand standard autoclave sterilization cycles for reuse across multiple patients, and the latex-free construction makes the retractors safe for use with latex-sensitive patients without requiring a separate non-latex retractor inventory. ? Orthodontists capturing anterior, buccal, and occlusal photography records at initial examination and progress appointments find the hands-free retractor allows standardized photography of all required views without an assistant holding retractors during each shot, supporting consistent reproducible retraction geometry across the photography record sequence. Restorative dentists performing composite bonding and veneer cementation procedures find the hands-free retractor maintains bilateral tissue retraction throughout the bonding sequence without occupying an assistant's hands that are needed for material handling and light curing during the procedure. ? Plasdent Extand Hands-Free Cheek Retractors, Clear Plastic, Adult give dental practices a clear plastic, latex-free, autoclavable-to-250?F, double-ended hands-free adult cheek retractor that the patient bites down on to self-maintain bilateral cheek and lip retraction during intraoral photography, composite bonding, whitening, and other procedures requiring bilateral retraction without clinician or assistant hand support, in a 2-retractor pack suited for active daily clinical photography and retraction programs.

For dental offices ordering hands-free cheek retractors for intraoral photography and bilateral retraction procedures, Extand Adult delivers the hands-free convenience, clear visibility, and autoclavable reuse that consistent clinical retraction requires.