ANIMAL DENTISTRY. 



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a moment, if the horse stands complacently. When the cor- 

 ner tooth has but a small table it is enlarged by filing and 

 the cup is cut across its entire length. The cup in the cor- 

 ners is frequently made with a rounded belly internally and 

 a sharp commissure externally to give a more confusing if 



Fig. 85. 



not more natural appearance. When the cupping process 

 is complete the arcade is dried and kept free from saliva by 

 virrapping the jaw behind the teeth with a cloth or towel. 

 The cups are then stained by applying a saturated solution 

 of silver nitrate with a stick and then drying it immediately 



Fig, 86. 

 Effect of "Bishoping" Teeth of 9 to 12- Year-Old Horses. 



by plunging the head of a burning match into it. The drying 

 process immediately blackens the cavity. If the stain flows 

 over the table of the tooth it is filed oS. 



Shortening, polishing, cupping and stainjng the incisor 

 teeth of a nine or ten-year-old horse may be so cleverly per- 



