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HISTOEY OF DEXTAL SURGEEY
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suitable material, aud at last a pelican, or straight forceps, and if these means
do not accomplish the object, the thing to do is to extract the offending tooth.
"Teeth of vonng persons are much easier to straighten than those of
grown up persons," he stated, "because in young persons the roots are not

Double Pelican, used on the right Prosthetic" Tools.
side of the lower jaw and the Fig. 1. Curved rat tail file.
left side of the upper jaw. Fig. 2. Screw Driver.
Fig. 3. Dividers.
Fig. 4. Triangular File.
as large, and partly because the parts surrounding them are softer. AMien
persons of some jxars undertake this operation the use of considerable time is
required liefore success can be attained."
On account of this slowness, which sometimes covers months, Fauchard
was at times led to resort to a quicker and less difficult method, namely the
use nf tlio pelican and straight forceps, by which lie could in a moment ac-
complisli that which the waxed thread and plates might fail to do after an