Which instrument is used to lift and remove small root tips in difficult-to-reach areas of the tooth socket?
A)Rongeur
B)Root-tip pick
C)T-bar elevator
D)Luxating elevator

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A T-bar elevator is used on posterior teeth to loosed the tooth from the periodontal ligaments. A roungeur is used to trim and remove excess alveolar bone following an extraction and to contour alveolar bone after single or multiple extractions. A root-tip pick lifts and removes small root tips in difficult-to-reach areas.

Which Instrument Is Used to Lift and Remove Small Root