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350 EXTRACTION OF TEETH.

forceps that are used for the removal of the front
inferior teeth, are applicable to the removal of their
roots.
Of the different forms of forceps for the removal of
the roots of inferior molars, those for the extraction
of the roots before they are separated, and while they
are firmly attached,, have two long, slender, round,

curved beaks, designed to pass down deep between
and embrace the roots in the bifurcation ; their curva-
ture should be almost a right angle, and their handles
Fig. 73.

assume the form of the ordinary right and left inferior
molar forceps, already described (Fig. 73) ; or, if but
one is used, the handle should be straight. The for-
ceps for the removal of these roots after they are
separated, should have the beaks of the same form as
those of the superior root forceps ; but the beaks