Page 246 - My FlipBook

242 Ot^EftATlVE bENTlSTRY

step in front of hiiu, using the hand and your forceps at arm's
length, for with the head at liberty a sudden twitch or jerk on the
part of patient would either destroy or misguide the force applied
and either thwart the effort to remove the tooth or, perhaps, by

Fig. 116.—Position for extracting right superior cuspids.

increasing the pressure in the wrong direction cause permanent
injury. (See Fig. 109.) Just as an operator is extracting the
tooth, he is often troubled by the patient grasping the arm whicli
is using the forceps. This is a serious matter, especially Avhen ex-