The Flip Mirror

Dental Mirrors are used by dentists, dental hygienists, and other practitioners to allow indirect vision inside the mouth, reflect light onto desired surfaces, and retract soft tissue. While the dental mirror is extremely useful, the typically fixed angle renders many positions ergonomically challenging and can lead to practitioner fatigue and unnecessarily long procedure times. The Flip Mirror addresses these challenges with a bi-position autoclavable dental mirror. The mirror housing and handle connect with a hinge located at the distal end of the handle and the proximal end of the mirror housing. Detents are located on the housing and handle to secure it in place at the 35 and 90 degree positions. Stops are
also incorporated to limit angular travel at either position. The ability to change the angle of the mirror to the handle facilitates improved retraction of both the tongue and cheek. This is particularly useful for dentists and dental hygienists when working on a patient’s lower arch.