Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . 1, 2, 3, case 1, age 5, shows the deciduous arches, in ab-normal mesio-distal relation. Also the result of two weeks treat-ment, and the consequent normal occlusion of the first permanentmolars when they erupted. Figs. 4 and 5, case 2, age 6. A similar case a little farther ad-vanced, in which, from lack of treatment, the first permanent molarsare erupting in the same abnormal relations as the deciduous adjustment of the molars is demanded to insure thebest development and avoid complications. In fact with anotheryears


Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . 1, 2, 3, case 1, age 5, shows the deciduous arches, in ab-normal mesio-distal relation. Also the result of two weeks treat-ment, and the consequent normal occlusion of the first permanentmolars when they erupted. Figs. 4 and 5, case 2, age 6. A similar case a little farther ad-vanced, in which, from lack of treatment, the first permanent molarsare erupting in the same abnormal relations as the deciduous adjustment of the molars is demanded to insure thebest development and avoid complications. In fact with anotheryears delay and the eruption of the permanent incisors this caserapidly became worse, as shown in the next photograph. 256 THE DENTAL REVIEW. Figs. 6 and 7, case 3, age 8. Isnt it perfectly clear that thefirst permanent molar is already badly crippled just at the timewhen it should do most of the childs masticating during the changefrom the deciduous to the permanent dentition? And with suchperversion of function at a critical time, who can estimate the bad. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. Case 2.


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