Bone Rongeur Friedman 14.5cm

Standard-pattern surgical bone rongeur with a 30° angled jaw for efficient bone reduction and contouring during oral surgical procedures.

Key Features:
• Constructed from medical-grade surgical stainless steel for lasting clinical performance
• Overall length of 14.5cm provides balanced reach and handling control
• Forward-angled 30° jaw design improves access along curved alveolar surfaces
• Jaw width ranging from 2–4mm enables greater bone removal per bite
• Broad cup-style cutting jaws support efficient ridge and exostosis reduction
• Single-action spring mechanism ensures smooth jaw reopening after compression
• Serrated inner handle surfaces provide secure grip during surgical use
• Designed for controlled contouring of cancellous and cortical bone structures
• Fully autoclavable and resistant to repeated sterilization cycles

The Bone Rongeur Friedman 14.5cm measures 14.5 cm in total length and carries working jaws angled forward at 30°, with a jaw width ranging from 2 to 4 mm, noticeably wider than the 1.3 mm narrow cup found on Micro Friedman variants. The body is built entirely from medical-grade surgical stainless steel, autoclave-compatible and corrosion-resistant through repeated sterilization cycles. A single-action spring pivot at the mid-shaft joint resets the jaws open after each compression. Both inner handle surfaces carry parallel serrated ridges running the full grip length, providing firm finger placement without requiring sustained hand tension.

The 30° forward jaw angle places the cutting face ahead of the instrument axis, letting the surgeon drive the tip into angled bone surfaces at a natural wrist position rather than forcing a perpendicular approach. Bone Rongeur – Micro Friedman, 30° Angled Jaws comparison aside, the standard Friedman jaw at 2–4 mm width removes a broader bone volume per bite than any Micro variant, making it suited for faster bone debulking across wider alveolar surfaces rather than fine incremental work.

Bone Rongeurs of this standard Friedman 30° profile are used by oral and maxillofacial surgeons during pre-prosthetic alveoloplasty to reduce broad alveolar ridge irregularities before full-arch prosthesis fabrication. Oral surgeons also reach for this instrument during torus mandibularis removal, where the 30° jaw angle follows the curvature of the lingual ridge surface without requiring repositioning between bites. The Bone Rongeur Friedman 14.5cm further suits exostosis reduction along the buccal cortical plate in posterior quadrants where moderate bone volume removal is needed before implant site preparation begins.

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What does “rongeur” mean?
The term comes from the French word for “rodent” or “gnawer,” reflecting the instrument’s function of “nibbling” away small pieces of bone or tissue.

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