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he opens his mouth again. Therefore, guide the 

 float along the edges of the grinders and you will 

 avoid all trouble. After you have worked the 

 float along the molars for a minute or two, take 

 the float out of his mouth and wash the enamel 

 off of the file, then repeat your work again until 

 you have the edges of the grinders from the first 

 to the sixth molars smooth. 



Blunting the Right Upper Molars. 



Place the left hand a little above the mouth 

 on the right side of the face, pass your thumb in 

 the commissure, or, in other words, the part that 

 joins the lips together, draw the lip back with 

 the thumb, place the twelve-inch file in your right 

 hand and blunt the corners and edges off of the 

 first molar. 



Blunting the Left First Upper Molar. 



Place the left hand on or above the nose of 

 the horse at the nasal peak, pass the thumb down 

 into the mouth where the lip makes its connection 

 and draw the lip upwards, place the twelve-inch 

 file in your right hand and smooth the corners 

 around the first molar. 



Blunting the Right First Lower Molar. 



Place the left hand under the jaw, with the 

 thumb turned up on the right side of the jaw, 

 pass the thumb in the mouth where the lips make 

 the connection and draw the lip down and back 

 away from the first right molar, then place the 

 twelve-mch file in your right hand, blunt the first 

 right lower jaw teeth the same as you did the up- 

 per teeth. 



