Struggling to use elevators for dental extractions
Helloo
Im a dental intern and im currently doing my surgery round . We do alot of extractions for wisdom teeth and remaining roots , pretty complex stuff . Ive been struggling with elevator usage , particularly elevator wedging .
No matter how much work i observe , it just seems like i cant get that elevator tip wedged between the root and the bone to create lever . Is this a problem with force or with direction of insertion ??? I try to wedge mesiobucally for most teeth and some times distobucally but i still dont get a wedge.
I see some instructors insert the elevator almost horizontally into the interdental space instead of going apically and parallel to the axis of the root to force the tooth out .
Does anyone have some advice or links to educational papers or videos that could be of help . I would really appreciate it !!!