A practical treatise on the technics and principles of dental orthopedia and prosthetic correction of cleft palate . in this country, and was referred to the author by a New York dentist. The facialand dental casts on the left show the condition at that time. The casts on the right,made about a year later, show the effect of a bodily labial movement of the six upper Fig. front teeth, and a complete restoration of the facial outlines and normal pose of thechin, though no appliance was placed on the lower teeth, except to act as an auxiliaryto the upper for the attachment of the intermaxil


A practical treatise on the technics and principles of dental orthopedia and prosthetic correction of cleft palate . in this country, and was referred to the author by a New York dentist. The facialand dental casts on the left show the condition at that time. The casts on the right,made about a year later, show the effect of a bodily labial movement of the six upper Fig. front teeth, and a complete restoration of the facial outlines and normal pose of thechin, though no appliance was placed on the lower teeth, except to act as an auxiliaryto the upper for the attachment of the intermaxillary force. To show the remark-able simplicity in the working possibilities of the regular bodily movement appli- CHAPTER XL. DIAGNOSIS, CAUSES, AND TREATMENT. CLASS III. 293 ances, and the ease and non-irritability of subsequent treatments, the author wishesto state that this case was never seen by him, except at the time required in pre-paring and stabiHzing the appHances, until the patient came for the work of adjustment treatments—which consisted in the simple turning of thenuts at regular periods and intermaxillary adjustments—were wholly performedby the young man himself while pursuing his college course. Even in those cases in which the mandible is really prognathic in connectionwith retruded uppers, if the lower lip is retruded in relation to


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