Dental Forceps

About forceps

A forceps is a hinged instrument that grips, and the FDA list of dental hand instruments covers several kinds: the surgical tooth extractor forceps, forceps for articulation paper and forceps for dental dressing. Tissue forceps are used to lift a specimen and transfer it into a suitable medium.

The whole hinged, gripping family, from extraction patterns to the forceps that carry a strip of articulating paper or a dressing.

Sources: FDA 21 CFR 872.4565, Dental hand instrument · Bhatia & Aruede, Oral Surgery, Instruments (StatPearls, NCBI Bookshelf NBK585063)