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348 EXTRACTION OF TEETH.

merit, and the inner beak of each being longer than
the outer. The beak should be of sufficient breadth
to embrace the entire side of the tooth, of double-
concave form, with a ridge and a long point in the
center of the beak, to pass into the bifurcation of the

roots. The inner beak of these forceps should be
longer than the outer 5 for the teeth on which they are
designed to operate, have an inward inclination, and
the outer alveolus is higher than the inner.
A pair of forceps for the left side, similar in form
to those for the right, would be preferable to the
ordinary left forceps, when the mouth can be opened
wide ; and the curvature of the handle of this instru-

Fie. 71.

ment would be toward the center of the mouth, in-
stead of outward, as that of the right forceps. With
this form of forceps, more power can be exerted than

with the ordinary left inferior forceps.
Forceps for the removal of the inferior dens sapi-
entice have large single-concave beaks, to make a
general embrace of the tooth, and have but one
curve, which is between the joint and the point, and is
almost a right angle. (Fig. 71.) One pair of forceps of
this kind is quite sufficient for both the right and the