Tabanella Papilla Micro Elevator addresses a specific problem in periodontal microsurgery: standard periosteal elevators, built for reflecting broad flaps of tissue during general surgical and implant procedures, are too large and too blunt for delicate papilla-preservation work.
The interdental papilla is thin, easily torn tissue, and in esthetic periodontal plastic surgery (root coverage grafting, papilla reconstruction, and similar microsurgical procedures) keeping it intact and viable during flap elevation is often the entire point of the procedure. A general periosteal elevator sized for reflecting a full surgical flap simply doesn’t have the tip geometry or control needed to lift papilla tissue without risking a tear.
This micro elevator is scaled down specifically for that job: a narrow, delicate working tip that separates and lifts the papilla from underlying bone with the kind of fine control microsurgical technique requires. It’s the natural companion to the microsurgical needle holders, tissue forceps, and scissors already used in this kind of procedure, filling the one gap where a standard-scale periosteal elevator doesn’t belong. Periodontists trained in microsurgical soft tissue technique keep this alongside their standard periosteal range rather than in place of it, reaching for it specifically when papilla preservation is the priority.
A practice building out a microsurgical soft tissue tray for root coverage and papilla reconstruction work benefits from having this pattern on hand rather than making do with a general periosteal elevator scaled for larger flap work, since the margin for error narrows considerably once the papilla itself is the tissue being preserved. Manufactured from surgical-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant, fully autoclavable.
Product Features
- Micro-scale periosteal elevator built for papilla-preservation technique
- Narrow, delicate tip lifts interdental papilla without tearing thin tissue
- Suited to root coverage grafting and papilla reconstruction procedures
- Companion instrument to microsurgical needle holders, tissue forceps, and scissors
- Distinct from standard-scale periosteal elevators used for general flap reflection
- Surgical-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant, fully autoclavable
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