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punch will be necessary in order to get under the 

 teeth. Such a punch is represented in Fig. 51. 



FIG. 53. Elevator and Raspatory. 

 AFTER TREATMENT. 



Keep the parts clean and dress daily 

 with warm water containing a small quan- 

 tity of carbolic acid or common salt. Be 

 careful to remove all foreign substances 

 contained in the cavity. Keep the wound 

 open as long as there are any indications 

 of existing disease of the sinus, or until the 

 alveolar cavity which contained the tooth 

 that has been removed, fills up with a 

 healthy growth. If the operation is per- 

 formed during the season of the year when 

 flies or other insects are liable to keep up 

 an irritation, the opening may be covered 

 with a piece of cloth secured in place with 

 pine pitch or some other adhesive sub- 

 stance. A plug of carbolized tow or 

 oakum inserted in the opening will answer 

 the same purpose in addition to keeping 

 the wound open. 



It is not necessary to plug up the open- 

 ing: left by the extraction of the tooth ' ^' 



. Right Angle 



except perhaps in occasional cases. Elevator. 



