Manual of dental surgery and pathology . No. 10. Upper molar and wisdom teetli. and without which one need hardly hope to gain a very ex-tended practice, if any other dentist be accessible, unless he too ispoorly provided. To the above set might well be added Fig. 237, a forcepsdesigned by the writer for cutting out the roots without remov- EXTRACTION OF TEETH. 273 ing a portion of the bone; for separating hooked roots, sotliat they may be extracted separately ; also to use as elevatorsfor wedging between wisdom teeth and second molars. Inthe latter use care must be taken to support the fulcru
Manual of dental surgery and pathology . No. 10. Upper molar and wisdom teetli. and without which one need hardly hope to gain a very ex-tended practice, if any other dentist be accessible, unless he too ispoorly provided. To the above set might well be added Fig. 237, a forcepsdesigned by the writer for cutting out the roots without remov- EXTRACTION OF TEETH. 273 ing a portion of the bone; for separating hooked roots, sotliat they may be extracted separately ; also to use as elevatorsfor wedging between wisdom teeth and second molars. Inthe latter use care must be taken to support the fulcrum tooth, Fisr. No. 66. Forceps for cutting out the roots. if there be no tooth immediately in front, by placing a smallpiece of w^ood to impinge on it and the next one to the little caution will likewise be necessary to prevent the turn-ing of the wisdom tooth so completely out of its socket as toliave it pushed back into the fauces; particularly should thisbe observed if the patient be under an anaesthetic. To these forceps may be added with great advantage somefew others, which, although not so frequently required, willwell repay the first cost by the satisfaction of having them atliand when wanted. Extraction is an operation that must beperformed with confidence on the part of the operator, and nobetter rule has been given for it than that of Tomes. Thewhole of the tooth should be removed with as little injury aspossible to the surrounding structures and the least pain ne-cessary to the case, Digging out a tooth piece-meal, or otherbarbarities, such as are practised by the African, who re
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