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THE SIXTEENTH CENTUR)' I'.i:;

Ambroise Pare has recourse to extraction when a tooth is the cause ot
very violent pain, or when the existence of a carious cavity and concomi-
tant putrefying processes render the breath fetid, and endanger the heahh\

Fig. 6i

One of the pelicans used bv Ambroise Pare.

Fig. 62

Two other pehcans and a pair ot" curved pincers (Amliroise Pare).

teeth in its vicinitx . If the persistence of a deciduous tooth should cause
the cutting of the corresponding permanent tooth outside the line of the
dental arch, thus giving rise to deformity, Pare advises la\ing bare and