. A system of surgery. rds or outwardsby a proper application of the key : butthey may alfo be pulled in a different man-ner; and as this may be done with inftru-ments which do not bruife the gums, itIhould perhaps in every inftance be pre-ferred. The incifores and canine teeth, and eventhe two fmall molares, have only one root;fo that they are never fo firmly fixed inthe jaw as the large grinders ; and there-,fore they may be extracted with more the moft part this may be done withthe common teeth-forceps reprefented inPlate LXl. figs, or 4. In ufing this inftru-Hient, it fhould
. A system of surgery. rds or outwardsby a proper application of the key : butthey may alfo be pulled in a different man-ner; and as this may be done with inftru-ments which do not bruife the gums, itIhould perhaps in every inftance be pre-ferred. The incifores and canine teeth, and eventhe two fmall molares, have only one root;fo that they are never fo firmly fixed inthe jaw as the large grinders ; and there-,fore they may be extracted with more the moft part this may be done withthe common teeth-forceps reprefented inPlate LXl. figs, or 4. In ufing this inftru-Hient, it fhould be preffed as far down up-on the tooth as poffible, otherwife it is aptto break ofFthe corona or upper part of it,and to leave the root; and the tooth Ihouldnot be pulled diredly upwards, but fhouldbe twitted alternately from one fide to theother till it becomes loofe, when it may betaken out without further trouble. In fome cafes, however, even thefe teethare too firmly fixed to admit of their being 3 PJUA7^£1 . LXIT. W- m J»J». ^p*>€^ vm 3 X IjCZiiXS 5ct<lp
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