Patent ID: 8435035

Claim:
A dental instrument for luxating and axially rotating a tooth, comprising a rigid, elongate, rod having: a handle portion, the handle portion having opposing ends; mutually opposed first and second working portions in mirror image to one another and located on respective opposing ends of the handle portion, each of the working portions including a distal tip opposite the handle portion and a generally elliptical cross section defining a major axis, the elliptical cross section further defining a shallow channel formed along the working portion and extending to the distal tip, the channel being defined by a first and second channel edge, wherein the first and second channel edges are mutually opposed, coplanar, and coincident with the major axis of the elliptical cross section; and the tip has a single notched and sharpened edge subtending an included obtuse angle extending between the first and second channel edges, wherein the first channel edge includes a sharpened notch therein and the second channel edge has a straight length extending from the handle portion to the distal tip, wherein the first and second channel edges of the channel comprise coplanar flat surfaces spaced rearwardly away from the distal tip.