Dental workplace chapter
Search RVC Website eMedia Review Main menu Help

<<Prev

Extraction Forceps

Next>>
 

The principal size needed is the "Small Breed". Medium and large forceps are rarely required. The function of extraction forceps in veterinary dentistry is primarily to remove the root once it has been luxated loose. In human dentistry, forcep blades are forced apically to push the root out of the alveolus. This is rarely possible in veterinary dentistry, due to the longer tapering roots of brachyodont teeth.

 
Small breed forceps
Small breed forceps
<<Prev

© 2002 eMedia Unit RVC v1.0

Next>>
 

 

 
Printable chapter