Extraction of the Teeth

by Frank Colyer

Fig. 24.

(2) LOWER TEETH.—For the removal of lower teeth the patient should be placed on a low level, the head being kept a little forward and the chin depressed. The position of the operator will naturally differ with the tooth to be removed

Fig. 25.

and also with the instrument to be used. With teeth on the right side, when hawk’s-bill pattern forceps or elevators are used, the operator should stand behind and to the right of the patient, the left arm being brought round the patient’s head. The thumb of the left hand should be placed on the inner side and the first finger on the outer side of the alveolus of the tooth to be removed, and the three remaining fingers under and supporting the chin. In placing the fingers in the mouth, care should be taken to keep the wrist well down so as not to impede the entrance of light ([fig. 25]).

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