saliva ejector

plural saliva ejectors

1. dentistryA device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations by means of a suction.

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   This invention relates primarily to saliva ejector constructions for use by dentists on patients, and more particularly to such saliva ejectors which are comfortable for the patient, and yet which present an end configuration to almost completely remove saliva and cooling water for the drill from the inside bottom of the patient's mouth.

   2002 July 8, Herbert Schlussel, Saliva ejector, US Patent 6821118 (PDF version), page 1, column 1