Elevator (dental)

Conventional elevators are bulkier and are designed to withstand leverage and torquing forces.

Luxating elevators are thinner and sharper, for more delicate use in severing and wedging the ligament.

Straight elevators e.g. Coupland's or Warwick James' have one concave and one convex aspect to the tip and are used for wedging.

Triangular elevators e.g. Cryer's or Winter's have a lateral point and are used to deliver class I leverage.

Especially when combined with a T-bar, these can deliver large forces and risk jaw fracture.