Extracting Forceps
There are several types of tooth extracting forceps and there general
features include beaks, a neck, and handles. The inner surface of each of
the two beaks is concave and the outer surface is convex. The beaks of tooth
extracting forceps are designed to grasp the tooth with maximum contact on
the surface of the root(s).
The beak always so shapes that it adapts to the tooth contours. They are
angled differently as per the tooth location. Some are angled towards the
handles, others away from it and suit the extraction of tooth in the upper
and lower jaws respectively. Another way to idenbtify the right forceps is
by its neck. The neck needs to be parallel to the long axis of the tooth.
Handle is shaped that it applies maximum force on the beak.
Forceps with beaks in line with the handle are used to maxillary incisors
and cuspids. Forceps with straight handles and offset, short and narrow
beaks are used for overlapping maxillary incisors and root tips. Maxillary
universal forceps can be used in any region of the maxillary arch. They have
angled beaks.
Similarly for each region of the mouth and each type of tooth there is a
specific type of extracting forceps.
