The principal operations which it is necessary to perform on teeth are, he says, seven in number,[321] viz.:
1. Forced opening of the dental arches in cases of prolonged constriction of the same, so as to prevent the patient from dying of hunger.
2. Cleaning of the teeth.
3. Medication of carious cavities.
4. Filling with gold-leaf.
5. Removal or resection of teeth abnormally situated.
6. Removal of any unevenness or sharpness of the teeth.
7. Extraction.
