A 75 mm blade on a 75 mm instrument means this is held in the palm or between the fingers at the blade itself, with nothing projecting. That is exactly right for intraoral work: the mouth is a small space already occupied by the surgeon’s other instruments, and a retractor with a handle sticking out of it competes for the same room and fouls the drill or the elevator coming in from the other side.
What it holds back varies constantly — cheek, lip, tongue, a mucoperiosteal flap — and all four are soft, mobile and pressed against for the length of the procedure. Smooth contours across the full 15 mm width are what make that tolerable: the load spreads along the blade rather than concentrating at an edge, so buccal mucosa held for an hour is not marked by the instrument holding it.
Specifications
| Pattern | Austin tissue and cheek retractor |
| Overall length | 7.5 cm (3″) |
| Blade | 75 × 15 mm |
| Use | Retracting cheek, lip, tongue and mucoperiosteal flaps |
| Material | German surgical stainless steel |
| Autoclavable | Yes |
| SKU | NJM-14667 |
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