Double Ended Cheek Retractors

A: The cheek retractor's using is as below:
Keep patient's mouth open. In medical procedures such as oral examinations, dental treatments, and tracheal intubation, mouth openers are used to keep a patient's mouth open for treatment by a doctor or dentist.
Assist unconscious or unconscious patients with oral breathing or oral care. During coma or resuscitation under anesthesia, a mouth opener can help keep the patient's mouth open for breathing or treatment.
Perform oral therapy procedures. The mouth opener can be handy for propping open the mouth when it is necessary to deliver medication to uncooperative individuals (such as infants, animals) or for other oral treatments.
For emergency rescue under special circumstances. Such as dealing with patients with lockjaw, to help open the patient's upper and lower jaws to prevent respiratory obstruction.

A: Usually the cheek retractors are painless. But sometimes it will case patient feel painful. That's because the pain of wearing an orthodontic mouth opener may be caused by the effect of the orthodontic device, or it may be caused by the damage of the orthodontic device, the expiration of the orthodontic device, and the disorder syndrome of the temporomandibular joint. Our cheek retractors are made of high quality plastic, smooth edges, safe eco CE FDA certificated material, it will not hurt the patients.

A: Yes, of course. Most of the cheek retractors are reusable. Some metal kinds even can be used for very long time. If you want to reuse the cheek retractors, please remember to disinfect before using.