Patent ID: 8297972

Claim:
A dental retractor, comprising: an operational unit including a concave tongue retractor and a flap retractor, both retractors located at a distal end region of said operational unit, wherein the tongue retractor is disposed proximal to the flap retractor with the flap retractor being located on a convex surface of the tongue retractor at a most distal region of the dental retractor, the tongue retractor curved to be concave towards a proximal end of the operational unit and configured to encapsulate at least a portion of a tongue, and the flap retractor extending in a distal direction; a neck region being connected to said operational unit at the proximal end of said operational unit; and a handle region connected to said neck region at a proximal end of said neck region; wherein the dental retractor is configured to retract the tongue and a gingival flap simultaneously.