mouth mirror

The mouth mirror has a wide range of uses.

In these instances, the mouth mirror is used to reflect light onto those surfaces.

A mouth mirror or dentist's mirror is an instrument used in dentistry.

Without the mouth mirror, poor body positioning would occur daily and lead to chronic postural problems, especially of the back and neck.

He was able to do this by using a peculiar device that was actually an adaptation of the mouth mirror used by dentists.

Additionally, the mouth mirror is used to retract tissues, such as the tongue or cheeks, to gain better visualization of the teeth.

"A patient can see his own intraoral conditions under magnification with better quality than the dentist could show him with a foggy mouth mirror.

Other areas of the mouth can be viewed more readily with the mouth mirror, even though it would be possible to see them if the dentist or dental hygienist adjusted their body into a poor position.

A single cell recording experiment with monkeys demonstrated the different level of activation of mouth mirror neurons when monkey observed mouth movement depending on context (ingestive actions such as sucking juice vs. communicative actions such as lip-smacking or tongue protrusions).