Patent ID: 7938645

Claim:
A dental system for extracting a tooth portion from a socket in the jawbone of a human or an animal patient, said dental system comprising: a flexible extraction bur having a sharp first end so as to be attached to and stand upwardly from the tooth portion to be extracted in response to a rotation of said extraction bur, said extraction bur also having a lifting element to which a lifting force is applied; an extracting instrument adapted to engage the lifting element of said extraction bur and apply said lifting force thereto such that a corresponding extraction force is applied from said extraction bur to the tooth portion to which said extraction bur is attached for causing said tooth portion to be extracted from its root socket in the mouth of the patient; and a hollow flexible sleeve sized to surround said flexible extraction bur and be received within the patient's socket, said flexible sleeve adapted to bend when the socket is curved for correspondingly bending and guiding said flexible extraction bur through the socket and into alignment with the tooth portion to be extracted.