. Veterinary surgery ... Veterinary surgery; Veterinary pathology; Horses; Teeth; Domestic animals. 144 ANIMAL DENTISTRY. cut the sharp elongation at the extremity of the first superior molar. THE MOLAR CROWN CUTTER. The molar crown cutter or claw cutter, as it is occasion- ally called, answers the same general description as the open molar-cutter, with the exception that the cutting jaws drop at a right angle from the head and curve toward each other like a pair of claws. The jaws have a cutting edge of no less than three-quarters of an inch, and part three-sixteenths of an inch when the inst
. Veterinary surgery ... Veterinary surgery; Veterinary pathology; Horses; Teeth; Domestic animals. 144 ANIMAL DENTISTRY. cut the sharp elongation at the extremity of the first superior molar. THE MOLAR CROWN CUTTER. The molar crown cutter or claw cutter, as it is occasion- ally called, answers the same general description as the open molar-cutter, with the exception that the cutting jaws drop at a right angle from the head and curve toward each other like a pair of claws. The jaws have a cutting edge of no less than three-quarters of an inch, and part three-sixteenths of an inch when the instrument is closed. They are used to. Fig. 100. Molar Crown Cutter. remove the crown opposing a decayed tooth, or that of a decayed one when extraction is not deemed advisable. THE MOUTH SPECULUM. The mouth speculum is indispensable in a dental prac- tice. It may consist of a simple oblong loop of one-quarter inch iron bar, a wooden gag to insert between the molar teeth, or a double bar that is made to open as wide as neces- sary with a screw. These simple affairs may be made to answer the purpose of the more costly and complicated ratchet speculum, which has recently come into quite general use. The ratchet speculum consists of two cups to fit the incisor arcades, upper and lower, connected to the ratchet mechanism by means of curved bars following the line of the lips to a point behind the commissure of the mouth, thus. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Merillat, Louis A. (Louis Adolph), 1868-; Cade?ac, Ce?listin, 1858-; Le Blanc, Paul, 1872-; Carougeau, C. Chicago, A. Eger
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