A dental retractor for preventing a patients teeth from contact with an inner portion of a patients mouth and tongue. The retractor includes three members. A first plate like member is constructed and dimensioned to fit between a patients teeth and the inner side of the patients cheek. A second plate like member is constructed and dimensioned to fit between the patients same teeth and the patients tongue. A third rod-shaped member connects the first and second members and is integral therewith and connected to a central portion thereof with mirrors. A mirror surface on one of the first and second members facing the teeth is provided.In a further embodiment of the invention, the first member fits between the upper and lower teeth on both sides of the mouth and includes a mirror for inspecting essentially all of a patients teeth.
