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a short distance up into the cavities of the freshly extracted teeth,
thus grasping the tooth mesio-distally. Then give the tooth great
traction and also rotation in one direction. This rotation should
be so applied that the labial portion of the cuspid would be moved

Fig. 120.—Position for extracting inferior cuspids.

towards the median line. The reason the motion should be applied
only in this direction can be found in the fact that frequently the
roots of cuspid teeth turn or bend backward, as they advance up
in the process. Using traction and rotation in this one direction