A dental elevator for elevating, or loosening a tooth, portion of a tooth, or implant from any position in a mouth. Extending from one handle of the elevator in accordance with this invention is a hook shaped member terminating in a curved sharp edge for engaging the side of a tooth to be elevated or loosened. Extending from the other handle of the elevator in accordance with this invention is a pad, rotationally supported from the handle. The axis about which the pad may rotate 360 degrees is perpendicular both to the major axis of the handle and the plane in which the handles of the pliers lay. By providing two elevators which are mirror images of each other, a tooth, portion of a tooth, or implant may be elevated or loosened from any position within a mouth.
