Surgical instrument. A luxating elevator is used to luxate teeth during extraction. A periosteal elevator is used to elevate a full‐thickness or mucoperiosteal flap.
A muscle which raises part of the body.
A surgical instrument used to lift part of a broken bone.
An instrument that is used to raise a depressed broken bone, for example in the skull or cheek. A specialized periosteal elevator is used in orthopedics to strip the fibrous tissue (periosteum) covering bone.
A curved retractor for holding the lid away from the globe of the eye.