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THE ElCUTEEXTIl CENTURY
2i)l
means—the file, pressure with the fingers, C(.niin..n threads
..r silk ones,
httle plates of silver or gold. At times, fi)r straightening teeth, he made-
r\ in.- the uerl 1 m
use of the pelican and the straight pincers, afterward
Fig. 85
Fk;. 86

Fauchard's simple pelican (with Fauchard's double pelican.
one changeable hook).

their normal position. He rarely had recourse to extraction as a means
of carrying out dental corrections.^
To steady loose teeth,- Fauchard, as did the ancients, made use of gold

* Vol. - Chap, ix, p.
ii, chap, viii, p. 87. 1 17.