Patent ID: 8430667

Claim:
A dental device comprising: a retractor for retracting tissue comprising an alveolar bone clip having an open frame structure having a first arched frame component and a second arched frame component, said first and second frame components configured so that said retractor is positionable over at least one tooth and along a predetermined segment of an alveolar bone and so as to provide an inward resilient force about opposite sides of the alveolar bone for maintaining position of the retractor; a first reflector having a solid plate structure attached to a lower section of one side of the alveolar bone clip for providing a primarily downward force to tissue on one side of the alveolar bone; a second reflector having a solid plate structure attached to a lower section of another side of the alveolar bone clip for providing a primarily downward force to tissue on another side of the alveolar bone; a first absorbent pad receptacle positioned along said first reflector and attached to the lower section of the one side of the alveolar bone clip; and a second absorbent pad receptacle positioned along said second reflector and attached to the lower section of the other side of the alveolar bone clip, wherein a top edge of the first reflector and a top edge of the second reflector extend beyond a top of a central portion of the first and second arched frame components.