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How should dental forceps be used when extracting a tooth?

  1. Seat the beak in the middle third of the crown
  2. Grasp the forceps close to the hinge
  3. Apply force in the mesial-distal direction
  4. Seat the beak as apically as possible below the CEJ
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Correct answer: D. Seat the beak as apically as possible below the CEJ

Dental forceps should be seated as apically as possible — below the CEJ at the root, not on the crown. This provides mechanical advantage and engages the strongest part of the tooth. Force should be applied in a buccal-lingual/labial-palatal direction (not mesial-distal which risks root fracture). Grasping close to the hinge reduces control.

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