12 Miller Surgical Curette 4.2 mm, Largest Double-Ended Spoon for Wide Molar Sockets and Cyst Debridement

The 12 Miller surgical curette completes the Miller series with its 4.2 mm spoon, the widest working end available in this pattern. At this blade width, the instrument is suited to the socket and defect dimensions encountered in third molar surgery, large cyst curettage procedures, and any extraction site where the combined socket dimensions at the working depth are wide enough that the 3.6 mm #11 spoon leaves too narrow a contact zone on the lateral socket walls to work efficiently.

Third molar extraction sites frequently present this requirement. The follicular tissue around an erupted or partially erupted third molar, and the pericoronal tissue around an impacted wisdom tooth whose crown was covered by soft tissue or bone, must be thoroughly curetted after the tooth is delivered. The dimensions of this follicular or pericoronal tissue zone often exceed 3.5 mm at the working width, particularly in the maxillary third molar region where the tuberosity area can provide a wide open socket after upper wisdom tooth delivery. The 4.2 mm blade covers this wider geometry in fewer working strokes, completing the debridement more efficiently and with lower risk of leaving residual follicular tissue or granulation tissue in the socket depth.

For large cyst debridement, the #12 is used alongside the #11 and in conjunction with Lucas #87 or #88 when the surgery involves both Miller and Lucas instruments. The 4.2 mm Miller spoon provides a different shank angle approach to the cyst cavity walls than the Lucas instruments, so the two series are often complementary rather than redundant in the same procedure. Medical-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant, autoclavable at standard steam sterilization parameters.

Product Features

• 12 Miller surgical curette largest 4.2 mm spoon in the Miller series for the widest socket and defect dimensions in routine oral surgery
• Suited to third molar sites, maxillary tuberosity sockets, and large cyst cavities where smaller Miller spoons underutilize the available working width
• Matched 4.2 mm mirror-image ends for bilateral coverage from one instrument
• Complements Lucas #87 and #88 in large defect procedures where different shank angle access to the cavity walls improves total debridement coverage
• 40° shank and 22 mm reach; medical-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant, fully autoclavable