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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    cient on the other. Place the round side against the adjoining tooth for a fulcrum, and pressing the point down by the side of the fang, and slightly rolling the instrument, the root is pressed sidewise until it can be seized with a pair of forceps and taken away. The elevator should be constructed with a thin point, so that it may be forced well down by the side of the root. In other cases, it may be deemed expedient to make use of the Punch. After lancing freely around the root, adjust the point as low on the outside of the fang as the alveolus will admit, and even a little below the edge; then grasp the instrument with the right hand, placing it firmly against the breast, hold- ing the head of the patient under the left arm, and gradually pressing the weight of the body on the hand, give the instrument an inward and down- ward motion until the root yields. By placing the hand holding the instrument against the breast, the danger of using it is avoided; in all cases place the thumb and finger of the left hand so as to protect the lower portion of the mouth; for, should the instrument slip when applying the force, it would otherwise inflict some serious injury on the patient. The punch is dangerous in the hands of the inexperi- enced, and should only be used when the periosteum has been weakened ' by inflammation or otherwise ■