Extractor, Tooth
- Object Name:
- Extractor, Tooth
- Object ID:
- 1981.045.01.2
- Description:
- Tooth extractor, turnkey. Wood and steel. Cylindrical, slightly-tapered wood handle with decorative grooves around end. Graduated-diameter tapered shaft passes through handle and is attached to moveable semicircular clawed hook on end. Rounded, rectangular portion at bottom where hook pivots. Also, acts as leverage point for instrument to grab tooth for manual extraction. Decorative turnings at top of shaft. Small V-shaped decoration at top of shaft on top side of handle. Screw at bottom that allows curved arm to be exchanged.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-5.9 W-3.2 D-0.8 inches Weight-3.174 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Dental Society Loan
- Subjects:
- Dental equipment & supplies, Dental instruments
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