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THE llE-UNION OP TEETH 



forceps, but a little stouter : of course a right and 

 left pair is required. I have found such an in- 

 strument to pass readily between the fangs and 

 their sockets ; and by applying the force in an 

 inward direction, so as to make a fulcrum of the 

 palatine fang, have generally succeeded in either 

 removing the stump at once, or, if caries have 

 proceeded far into the neck of the tooth, the two 

 external fangs; or, sometimes merely separating 

 the fangs, rendering the succeeding operations 

 simple enough. 



'' Most persons who use the key would be satis- 

 fied with such an instrument for these cases, and 

 for these it is probably better adapted than for 

 any other. 



" The description of forceps introduced I believe 

 by Mr. Snell, the external blade of which passes 

 through the alveolar process, has not in my hands 

 proved a successful instrument. 



" Many practitioners would of course rest satis- 

 fied with the elevator for such cases." 



Mr. WooDHOUSE read a paper upon " The Be-union. of Teeth with the 

 Alveolus" 



Having lately met with a case of the re-union 

 of a tooth with the alveolar periosteum, after it 

 had been dislocated for three hours, I considered 

 it would be interesting to the members of the 

 Odontological Society to bring the particulars 

 under their notice. I am induced to do so in 



