Retractor with Interchangeable Spoon Blades, 20 mm

Description

Retractor with Interchangeable Spoon Blades, 20 mm

This spoon blade retractor pairs a handle with interchangeable spoon-shaped blades, and the listed size is 20 mm. It appears on the supplier’s retractor page next to the Langenbeck patterns. A spoon head has a smooth, curved face, so it cups soft tissue rather than hooking it. That makes it useful for cheek, lip and mucoperiosteal flap retraction.

The Case for Swappable Blades

A fixed retractor gives you one head for life. Here, however, the blade comes off the handle. So a damaged or worn spoon can be replaced without discarding the whole instrument. In addition, a removable blade is easier to scrub, because the joint area opens up for the brush. Check the photos to see how the blade seats on the handle.

What 20 mm Refers To

The catalogue gives one figure for this item: 20 mm. On spoon retractors, that figure usually describes the blade rather than the overall length. Therefore, treat it as a guide to how wide a strip of tissue the spoon can hold. If your procedure calls for a broader or narrower blade, ask us which other heads are in stock before ordering.

Assembling, Cleaning and Storing

Take the blade off the handle for every cleaning cycle. Then wash both parts, dry them, and reassemble only after sterilization or inside the pouch, following your own protocol. Nothing in the box is sterile on arrival, so process it before any patient contact. We look over each retractor in the United States before it is boxed. Should a spoon or handle show a fault, coverage of three years against manufacturing defects applies to both parts.

Its steel complies with ASTM F899. More oral surgery retraction tools are collected in our maxillofacial surgery instruments section. For deep flap work with a fixed blade, compare it with the Langenbeck retractor. Questions on stock and returns are handled in our help and FAQ area.

For handling by trained oral surgery and dental professionals. Blade disassembly before reprocessing is covered in our care and sterilization guide; postage options sit on our delivery page.