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