Self-Retaining Photography Cheek Retractor as an Excellent Aid for Upper Jaw Surgeries: A Technical Note

Proper retraction of soft and hard tissues is essential to a successful surgery. The authors wish to report the use of a self-retaining photography cheek retractor during a Le Fort 1 surgery and an alveolar bone graft surgery which proved beneficial by achieving very good retraction. This is an eye opener to modify the traditional photography retractor to maximise its benefits as a retractor in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.