Dental pelican

Teeth--Extraction--Equipment and supplies

Tooth Extraction--instrumentation

Dental Surgery

E. Bennion, Antique Dental Instruments, p. 32

Used in the extraction of teeth

Double-ended iron with two serrated bolsters and two claws fixed on a swivel joint.

A small antique metal medical instrument with a hinged, three-part structure is shown against a plain background. Two slender arms extend downward from a central pivot, while a third upright shaft rises above it, ending in a small, curved, textured pad. A similar curved pad appears at the lower end of the central shaft. The decorative turned detailing along the shafts and the aged metal surface suggest a historical surgical or medical device designed for controlled pressure or expansion.

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1650-1700?

Alex Peck (Firm)

Cravens, Annette

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16 cm.

Dental Instrument

Image

Still image

87.3.1

LIB-HSL001

Pelican

4/7/2006

Metal