Dental key - Garengeot key - CHARRIERE
19th century
Dental key - Garengeot key - CHARRIERE - Second half of the 19th century
Key in wrought iron and ebony handle and interchangeable screw hook, mid-19th century of the manufacturer Charrière.
Instrument intended for the extraction of molars by torsion-traction, often used for its ease by dentists but much criticized in the 19th century for the ravages that it could cause by pulling pieces of gums, fractured teeth etc...
The tooth wedged between a hook and a panneton could not resist the operator’s twisting motion, similar to that done by opening a lock, hence the name of the instrument, which sometimes removed with the tooth a piece of maxillary...
Length 14.5cm
For more information on the Garengeot keys: clef de Garengeot
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Dental key - Garengeot key - CHARRIERE
19th century
