Yes. Xpanders™ were specifically designed to create 360° socket expansion with minimal trauma to surrounding bone and soft tissue. Many clinicians use them when performing atraumatic extractions and immediate implant cases where socket preservation is important.

Yes! Many dentists find Xpanders™ help loosen teeth more quickly because the double-pronged tip design creates strong engagement and controlled lateral movement with only minimal penetration into the PDL space. By achieving greater mobility before forceps application, clinicians can often perform extractions faster and with much less effort.

The double-pronged tip design creates stable two-point contact between the crest of bone and the tooth. This allows controlled lateral movement with minimal penetration into the PDL space. The more movement achieved before forceps are used, the less likely root tips are to fracture.

Our double tip design gives you more power and faster results than Luxators and Proximators. Your extractions will become efficient and predictable with less chance of root tip breakage. These are a great Luxator or Proximator alternative.

Xpanders™ are dramatically faster and function differently than traditional periotomes. Periotomes are primarily designed to sever the periodontal ligament, while Xpanders™ are engineered to create controlled socket expansion and lateral tooth movement for easier, bone-preserving extractions. Xpanders™ are a great alternative to Periotomes.

Engage the sulcus and PDL (periodontal ligament) at any of the 4 corners of the tooth.  Keep the instrument tip upright at a 30 degree angle with the long axis of the tooth.  Push and twist the instrument repeatedly until bucco-lingual movement is achieved.

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Do not bend the Xpanders™ backward, like a shovel.  Do not approach the tooth from a direct sideways 90 degree angle, like you would using a straight, conventional elevator. These angles and motions will bend the tips.

As with any thin, atraumatic-type instrument, the tips can bend if used improperly.

Yes! Alternate between mesio-distal movement with the old-school straight elevator and bucco-lingual movement with Xpanders.  Alternating, using each instrument for 30 seconds or less, gives superior results.

The set of 4 includes the Anterior Set: 1 Straight and 1 Curved, as well as the Posterior Set: 1 In and 1 Out.

Xpanders™ are manufactured from high-quality 420 surgical French or German stainless steel designed for durability, performance, and repeated sterilization cycles.

We started with a simple mission: to make instruments that actually work for the job at hand. All of our instruments are designed by a Dentist, Dr. David Fyffe. We’ve spent over 30+ years developing tools that work. We are dedicated to solving dentistry’s most vexing problems with our one-of-a-kind instruments.