To provide an oral cavity opening maintaining device which allows a practitioner by oneself to maintain a required opening shape of an oral cavity of a patient at a required portion in the oral cavity at a required timing, without man power of an assistant or the like, in treatment in an oral cavity surgery field.SOLUTION: The oral cavity opening maintaining device comprises: a plurality of opening maintaining parts pulling mouth corners of a patient by prescribed force for maintaining a pulled opened condition; a support part supporting the opening maintaining parts; a base part installed on a floor face; and a column support part connected to the support part from the base part. Each of the opening maintaining parts comprise: a metallic flexible arm having bellows structure; and a treatment appliance mounted to a distal end of the flexible arm by mounting/demounting means. The flexible arm can be freely positioned, and the shape of the flexible arm can be maintained after being positioned.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6【課題】口腔外科領域における施術の際、助手等の人手を要せず、施術者一人だけで容易に患者の口腔内の必要な部位に必要なタイミングで必要な開口形状に開口維持する装置が求められていた。【解決手段】口腔開口維持装置は、患者の口角を所定の力で引っ張り開口状態を維持する複数の開口維持部と、該開口維持部を支える支持部と、床面に設置される基底部と、該基底部から前記支持部に連結している支柱部と、を備える口腔開口維持装置であって、前記開口維持部は金属製で蛇腹構造のフレキシブルアームと、該フレキシブルアームの先端に装着・脱着手段によって装着されている処置器具とを備え、前記フレキシブルアームは自由に位置決め可能で、かつ位置決め後、形状を維持できることを特徴とする。【選択図】図6