Friday, September 03, 2010

Mouth Gags

Mouth Gags

A device for preventing the mouth from being closed which permits the passage of the hand or an easily damaged piece of equipment such as a rubber stomach tube. There are several unnamed pieces: a wooden one used in cows, which is inserted cross ways between the teeth and a stomach tube passed through a hole in its middle; a metal one used in horses by placing its two dental plates over the tables of the incisor teeth and screwing them apart with a thumbscrew working inside the frame that supports the plates; and a similar, simpler device used in sheep and small pigs which has two horizontal bars running cross ways between the two parallel prongs of a hand held, fork-like device. It is inserted horizontally between the molar teeth and then turned to a vertical position.Mouth Gag used for open the mouth , depressing the tongue, maintaining the airway,
and transmitting volatile anesthetics during tonsillectomy or or o pharyngeal surgery and here are many types of Mouth Gags.

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