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1: Dent Today. 2008 Aug;27(8):98, 100-1.Links

Atraumatic extractions: a biomechanical rationale.

Misch CE, Perez HM.

Misch International Implant Institute.

Biomechanical aspects of force have been applied to tooth extraction for centuries. However, the mechanical advantages available to extract the teeth were primarily applied to hold the crown of the tooth, rather than help extract it. An extraction device (Physics Forceps) has been developed to apply a biomechanical rationale to the extraction process of a tooth using a class 1 lever, creep, and shear components of force.

PMID: 18717405 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]