Manual of dental surgery and pathology . Dr. Corydon Palmers metal tube with lead fllllug fur iiiallet-head. THE SELECTION OF INSTRUMENTS. 159 The mallet (Fig. 137), as designed by Dr. Corydon Palmer, isbest kept in the tray with the plugging instruments. Thispattern of mallet has the lead run into a i)iece of metal piiie to Fii?. 138. Fi?. Cutting pliers. Wedge pliers. Dr. CorydouPalmers i)atterii. 160 MANUAL OF DEXTAL SURGERY AND PATHOLOGY. prevent its spreading at the ends or faces by use. This malletmay weigh half a pound, and is best used with a dead or push-ing blow. A cutting plie
Manual of dental surgery and pathology . Dr. Corydon Palmers metal tube with lead fllllug fur iiiallet-head. THE SELECTION OF INSTRUMENTS. 159 The mallet (Fig. 137), as designed by Dr. Corydon Palmer, isbest kept in the tray with the plugging instruments. Thispattern of mallet has the lead run into a i)iece of metal piiie to Fii?. 138. Fi?. Cutting pliers. Wedge pliers. Dr. CorydouPalmers i)atterii. 160 MANUAL OF DEXTAL SURGERY AND PATHOLOGY. prevent its spreading at the ends or faces by use. This malletmay weigh half a pound, and is best used with a dead or push-ing blow. A cutting plier, Fig. 138, will also be of service for cutting offwoodeu wedges in separating teeth, or projecting spiculas of theseptum of bone between the alveoli after extraction of the teeth ;also a pair of pliers. Fig. 139, for removing the wooden wedgeafter finishing the operation.] TREATMENT OP DENTAL CARIES. 161 CHAPTER VIII. treatmi:nt of dentai. caries. The first consideration with regard to any disease shouldcertainly be, if possible, its anticipation and prevention ; andit, in Chapter VI., we have at all rightly comprehended thenature of dental caries, or the conditions which favor its exist-ence, we may approach the subject with some confidence ofsuccess. [Exercise, of an earnest and even laborious character, has longbeen looked upon as a
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