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to embrace the tooth, as though it were cylindrical,

or nearly so, at its neck. The instrument has two
curves, or rather angles, the one forward, and the
other downward, so that its handle is somewhat an-
terior to, but almost parallel with, the axis of the
tooth. (Fig. 66.) It is a principle that should be

Fig. G6.

observed in all forceps, that the handle of the instru-
ment when placed upon the tooth be as nearly par-
allel with the axis of the latter as possible, and as

Fig. 67.

nearly in a line with it as the location of the tooth,
the size of the mouth, and other circumstances will
admit.
The forceps for the inferior incisors may have