摘要 |
Apparatus for ejecting saliva and retracting cheeks and lips comprising a tongue retractor terminating into a pair of ends. A pair of saliva ejector is secured to the tongue retractor. A tongue retainer is attached to the tongue retractor, and a cheek and lip retractor is connected to the tongue retainer. A process for removing saliva from an oral cavity having a tongue and partially surrounded by cheeks and lips including expanding the cheeks and lips of the oral cavity with a cheek and lip retractor. The process additonally comprises retracting the tongue within the oral cavity with a tongue retractor that is supported by the base of the oral cavity, retaining the tongue in a generally fixed position and removing saliva along a structural portion of the tongue retractor.
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