5. Bifid and trifid elevators (vectes bifidi et trifidi), to be used for the extracting of incisors and canine teeth, as well as roots.
6. Dentiscalpia for detaching the gum from the tooth before proceeding to extract it, in order that this may be the more easily accomplished and with less danger.
7. A silver funnel or cannula (infundibulum seu fistula argentea), for nourishing patients affected with trismus, by conveying liquid food into the fauces, through the free space behind the last molars.
8. Forceps more or less like in form to the beak of the parrot or the vulture (rostrum psittacinum et vulturinum), for the removal or resection of teeth that have grown in abnormal positions.
9. A screw dilator (dilatatorium cum cochlea), for gradually opening the dental arches in cases of spasmodic constriction of the jaws.[344]
A plate of Schulte’s “Armamentarium Chirurgicum,” showing some dental and other operations.
