Extraction of the Teeth

by Frank Colyer

As a general rule, in forceps designed for the removal of the anterior teeth in the maxilla, the blades and handles are in the same line ([fig. 4]),

Fig. 4. Fig. 5.

while for the upper back teeth the handles form a curve of greater or less extent with the blades ([fig. 5]). In forceps for the lower teeth the blades are bent down from the handles to an angle of nearly ninety degrees. In one class, namely, the hawk’s-bill, when the blades are applied to the tooth the handles are at right angles to the line of the arch ([fig. 6]), while in other classes the handles are in line with the arch ([fig. 7]).

Fig. 6. Fig. 7.