apical elevator

apical elevator
an instrument for removing fractured root tips retained in the apex of the tooth socket following tooth extraction; its shank has an angle to provide access within the socket and its tip has a barb for reaching a fractured root tip. Called also apical pick and root pick.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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