Hand-book of dental anatomy and surgery : for the use of students and practitioners / by John Smith.

Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hand-book of dental anatomy and surgery : for the use of students and practitioners / by John Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    lutely necessary. It has been stated that the blades at their extremities should fit that part of the tooth they are intended to grasp. In this way, it will be seen, that for single-fanged teeth these blades will merely require to be adapted for the oval form presented by a transverse sec- tion of such fangs—hollowed out, in fact, so as to apply themselves more closely to their sur- face. Yov multiple-fanged teeth, the forceps must also be, on the same principle, adapted to the form of the surface to which they are to be applied. One pair will be found to answer for the double-fanged molars of the lower jaw, but for the three-fanged molars of the upper jaw two pairs will be necessary, as these three fangs are always so placed that two of them are next the cheek and one towards the palate; consequently the forceps which would fit one side will not at all fit the other. With this number of forceps properly constructed, almost any case of extrac- tion may be undertaken where forceps can be used at all. But there are cases where forceps are unser- viceable. In many instances where stumps are causing irritation, or require removal, they are so far decayed as to be altogether beyond the