Dental key

A special key is to remove a historic medical device to teeth.

For the tooth key, there were different names:

  • Clef de Garengeot
  • Fothergill - key
  • French key
  • English key
  • German key.

The first tooth keys were made ​​of iron and consisted of a straight Creates with a claw at the end. The claw consisted initially of two peaks, which were secured by a metal pin. Because the first chords of these devices were a ring, they looked like a door key.

Moreover, there is another interpretation of the term " special key ":

  • Through the key -like unscrewing the teeth ( Kipper, 1782)
  • The common Bart ( Bücking 1782 )

Only later did the handles Artfully were decorated, for example, with

  • Ivory
  • Nacre
  • Different woods
  • Horn
  • Etc.

In the 19th century the dental key was further changed to different sizes and shapes. Also for children special dental keys were made ​​.

A similar device represents the so-called Pelican

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