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ANIMAL DENTISTRY. 



THE WOLF-TOOTH SEPARATOR AND FORCEPS. 

 The wolf-tooth separator is a nine-inch instrument hav- 

 ing a box joint and bayonet-point head, which contains two 

 cutting or wedging jaws approximating each other closely 

 at the end but open slightly along the cutting surface. This 

 instrument is made use of to extract wolf teeth by wedging 

 them between the wolf tooth and molar to disturb the alveo- 



FiG. 93. 

 Wolf-Tooth Separator. 



lar implantation and then pry them out. Their use to dis- 

 turb the tooth may precede the use of the ordinary wolf 

 tooth extractor which, in view of the utility of the separator, 

 may be entirely dispensed with in veterinary dentistry. The 

 separator may, in addition, be used to extract the shedding 



l-IG. 93A. 



Wolf-Tooth Forceps. 



incisors, shedding molar caps, incisors and canines of dogs 

 and fractured incisors of horses. 



THE MOLAR SEPARATOR. 



The molar separator is twenty inches long and has a 

 head consisting of a box joint and two wedge-shaped jaws, 

 projecting at a right angle, the edges of which come together 

 when the instrument is closed. It is used for the purpose of 

 loosening the decayed molar prior to the application of out- 



