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Manual retraction methods often lead to procedural instability, operator fatigue, and increased tissue trauma during rodent oral surgery.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n A stainless\u2010steel wire mouth prop incorporating helices for self\u2010retention and auxiliary lateral soft tissue displacement prongs was fabricated. 32 adult Wistar albino rats were randomly allocated to two groups (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200916 each). In the experimental group, procedures were performed using a custom mouth prop, and the control group underwent conventional manual retraction. Outcomes included time to achieve adequate retraction, slippage events per procedure, operator fatigue scores, and complication rates. Student's\n t<\/jats:italic>\n \u2010test was used for statistical analysis of retraction time, and the Mann\u2013Whitney\n U<\/jats:italic>\n test was used for slippage frequency, and fatigue scores. Statistical significance was determined using a Bonferroni\u2010adjusted threshold of\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u20090.017.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Retraction time was significantly shorter in the experimental group (2.5\u2009\u00b1\u20090.6\u2009min) than in control group (6.3\u2009\u00b1\u20091.2\u2009min,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u20090.001). Slippage events per procedure were markedly lower with mouth prop (0.1\n vs<\/jats:italic>\n . 3.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.1,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u20090.001). Operator fatigue scores were also reduced (2.4\u2009\u00b1\u20090.8\n vs<\/jats:italic>\n . 7.2\u2009\u00b1\u20091.4,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u20090.001). Complication rates were significantly lower in the experimental group (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.024).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n The proposed custom\u2010made mouth prop demonstrated favorable procedural handling characteristics during rat intraoral surgery and may serve as a practical, low\u2010cost refinement tool for improving intraoral access and procedural stabilization in experimental oral research settings.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ame2.70300","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,14]],"date-time":"2026-10-14T11:03:26Z","timestamp":1791975806000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A self\u2010retaining mouth prop for intraoral access during periodontal surgery in rat models: A technical 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