The medical student's guide in extracting teeth : with numerous cases in the surgical branch of dentistry / by S.S. Hornor.

  • Hornor, S. S. (S. Stockton)
Date:
1851
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Credit: The medical student's guide in extracting teeth : with numerous cases in the surgical branch of dentistry / by S.S. Hornor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the claw will divide the bone, and the root will readily yield, so that it may be taken away with a small pair of forceps. I greatly prefer this method to the slow and painful process of cutting away the alveolus, in order to secure a lower hold with the forceps, as recommended by some writers. It may succeed very well in many instances, but it frequently happens that the edges of the fang are broken, and it is necessary at last to make use of the ke}r, or the elevator, or fail altogether in extracting it. I prefer that the gum should be well lanced previous to extracting; the lancing being much less painful than forcing the instrument down on the alveo- lar process, as recommended by many authors. It is necessary in some cases to extract the roots of these teeth, after having been drilled for engrafting teeth, or that have become hollow from decay having followed the nervous cavity, in which case the follow- ing instruments may be used, according to the cir- cumstances which surround the operator. The key, as before described; the elevator, Plate I., Fig. 2; the punch, Plate I., Fig. 3; the screw, Plate I., Fig. 4 j and the hook, Plate L, Fig. 5. The Elevator, having one side round and the other flat, can only be used to advantage when there is one or more adjacent teeth on one side, and as many defi-