This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ... represented in Fig. 1, Plate XXIV. should be employed. With these, after having separated the gum from the neck of the tooth, it should be grasped as high up as possible, and just tight enough to prevent the instrument from slipping. This done, it should be moved several times in quick succession, backwards and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ... represented in Fig. 1, Plate XXIV. should be employed. With these, after having separated the gum from the neck of the tooth, it should be grasped as high up as possible, and just tight enough to prevent the instrument from slipping. This done, it should be moved several times in quick succession, backwards and forwards, and then with a rotary motion, the tooth may be pulled from the socket. The root of an upper cuspidatus being rather more flattened than that of an incisor, will not admit of as much rotary motion, in its extraction. This, the operator should bear in mind in the removal of these teeth. It is also longer, and oftentimes requires considerable more force for its removal. The lower incisores are generally less firmly articulated than the upper, and as might readily be supposed, are, in the majority of cases, more easily removed. The forceps represented in Fig. 4, Plate XXV. should be employed for their extraction. They should be applied as low down on the neck of the tooth as possible, and after moving it several times backwards and forwards, giving at the same time, a slight rotary movement to the instrument, it should be raised from the socket. When the tooth to be extracted is situated behind the arch, as is often the case, a rotary motion only should be given to the instrument, previously to the removal of the organ. The inferior cuspidati may also be removed with the forceps recommended for the extraction of the lower incisores, but it is better to use a pair having wider beaks. DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF THE BICUSPIDES AND MOLARES. The biscuspides and molares should be extracted with the key instrument which must be always furnished with three claws, adapted to the different sizes of the crowns of the teeth. The smallest claw is de...
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