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Principles and practice of operative dentistry . perior root forceps, bayonet shape. (Dr. Ambler Tees.) Fig. 702 represents a straight root forceps designed for the extractionof the roots of the six superior anterior teeth, which can be used in allcases where the root is not so badly decayed as to be liable to crush underthe pressure necessary to keep the instrument from slipping during theextraction. For the extraction of the superior bicuspids, the half-curved forcepsrepresented in Fig. 703 will be found most admirable instruments. 692 OPEEATIYE DENTISTRY. For the extraction of the roots of
Principles and practice of operative dentistry . perior root forceps, bayonet shape. (Dr. Ambler Tees.) Fig. 702 represents a straight root forceps designed for the extractionof the roots of the six superior anterior teeth, which can be used in allcases where the root is not so badly decayed as to be liable to crush underthe pressure necessary to keep the instrument from slipping during theextraction. For the extraction of the superior bicuspids, the half-curved forcepsrepresented in Fig. 703 will be found most admirable instruments. 692 OPEEATIYE DENTISTRY. For the extraction of the roots of the superior molars there is no betterinstrument than the bayonet-shaped root forceps shown in Figs. 704 and705. Great care should be exercised in the extraction of the roots of the su-perior bicuspids and molars not to force them upward into the antrum ofHighmore, as under such circumstances an extended surgical operationbecomes necessary for their removal, involving the exsection of a con-siderable portion of the floor of the sinus. Fig. Inferior incisor, cuspid, and bicuspid root forceps, full curve. For the extraction of the roots of the six inferior anterior teeth andthe bicuspids, the full-curved lower-root forceps shown in Figs. 706 and Fig. 707.
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