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occludes. Minute rotation is necessary for tlie reason that these
are also slender-rooted teeth and quite frequently somewhat
curved. As a rule these teeth are possessed of but one root. The
pressure should be minutely buccal, for this is in the line of least

Figr 128.—Position for extracting first and second ri^iht superior molars.

resistance. Care should be taken not to injure the upper teeth
when inferior bicuspids and first molars leave their sockets sud-
denly, as they sometimes do. Injury to the other teeth through
striking them with the forceps is niore likely to occur in exti'acting