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ferior bicuspid forceps are well adapted to the removal
of the inferior cuspids also. These forceps, two in
number, one for each side, are of different forms.

(Fig. 69.) The beaks are narrow, thick, and quite
concave. The instrument for the right side has a
lateral curvature, which brings the handle out at the
angle of the mouth, and is necessary in order to ob-
viate a contact with the superior teeth. The forceps
for the left side have beaks of the same form. They
are bent to almost a right angle above the joint,
while below it the handle is thrown upward ; and
Fig. 70.

their inner beak is longer than the outer. The inferior
molar forceps (Fig. 70) are two in number, that for the
right side being curved outward and forward, and
that for the left forward and upward, the beak making
r
almost a right angle w ith the body of the instru-