ANIMAL DENTISTRY. 



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of the cutter against the chest and open it with the right 

 hand, then adjust the jaws over the base of the elongation. 

 Retract the left hand and cut off the tooth with both hands. 

 In the superior arcades the great volume of the elongation 

 may necessitate the application of considerable force. Care 



Fig. 132a. (Also Fig. 92.) 

 The Open Molar Lever Cutter. 



must be taken in aged horses, and in the case of the molars 

 at the extremities of the arcades, that the tooth is not loos- 

 ened by a sudden movement of the patient's head. After 

 cutting the elongation the arcade is leveled with the floats 



Fig. 132b. (Also Fig. 98a.) 

 Handles for Figs. 92, 92a, 94, 94a, 95, 97 and 98. 



and file. Small pointed projections on the inferior arcades 

 may be cut with the closed molar trimmers when they are 

 too narrow for the large opening of the lever cutter. 



ENAMEL POINTS. 



Synonyms — Sharp teeth. Lateral enamel projections. 

 Enamel points of herbivora. 



Definition — Sharp points of enamel at the table extrem- 



