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372 EXTRACTION OF TEETH.

quite thin, so as to be incapable of turning in the
socket. Care must be exercised in the oscillating
movement, and especially where the tooth to be ex-
tracted stands out of the proper position, and the con-
tiguous teeth incline together; though this is of little
consequence where the teeth are all to be removed.
"When the crowns of these teeth are short and thick,
the roots are shorter, thicker, more conical, and more

nearly cylindrical; and. in the extraction of such, the
rotary may be combined with the oscillating move-
ment,
There is seldom any superadded difficulty in the
removal of the roots of these teeth, the same instru-
ments and movements being applicable as for the
removal of the teeth themselves. The only dif-
ference in any respect is, that where the teeth are
decayed off far down, the forceps should be forced
down on the process, in order to obtain a firm hold
on the root. Xeither the elevator nor the screw is
ever required for the removal of these roots.

INFERIOR CUSPIDS.

These teeth may be removed with the inferior bicus-
pid forceps of the right side ; though an instrument
of the same general form, but of less curvature would
be preferable, since with such, the required movement