Warwick James elevator
Small-handled dental elevator with a straight or curved (left/right) blade that has one concave and one convex face; typically supplied as a set of three.
How it is used
Inserted into the periodontal or interradicular space and rotated along its axis (wedge effect) to luxate a root or impacted third molar without levering against adjacent bone.
Clinical tip
Its wedge mechanism makes it safer than a Cryer elevator in tight spaces, even though it generates less luxation force.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-25.
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