Dental retractor

A dental retractor comprising:

• an upper lip saddle;
• a lower lip saddle, each of the upper lip saddle and the lower lip saddle having an interior and an exterior, the interior being positioned between a user's lip and gum when the dental retractor is placed on a user, the exterior being positioned on an outer portion of the user's lips with the dental retractor is placed on the user;
• a tab on a central portion of each of the exterior of the upper lip saddle and the lower lip saddle;
• a first support member joining a left side of the interior of the lower lip saddle with a left side of the interior of the upper lip saddle;
• and
• a second support member joining a right side of the interior of the lower lip saddle with a right side of the interior of the upper lip saddle, wherein
• the upper lip saddle and the lower lip saddle being disposed along a longitudinal axis when the dental retractor is at rest and not acted upon by any force;
• the first and second support members provide resilient bending of the upper lip saddle toward the lower lip saddle;
• the first and second support members resiliently bend outward from a space between the upper lip saddle and the lower lip saddle when the dental retractor is bent to a use position;
• and
• an upper half of the dental retractor, having the upper lip saddle, is symmetrical with a lower half of the dental retractor, having the lower lip saddle.