. Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper . entrals and cuspids. In this case the deformity seemed particularly distressing because, save for the spaces between her teeth, the young lady was positively beautiful. A radiograph (Fig. 128) was made and shows that the laterals arenot impacted in the upper maxilla. It therefore became necessary tomove the centrals together and construct a bridge. Had the lateralsbeen present in the maxilla, and space made for them by moving thecentrals together, they would probably have erupted into their they not erupted after space ha
. Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper . entrals and cuspids. In this case the deformity seemed particularly distressing because, save for the spaces between her teeth, the young lady was positively beautiful. A radiograph (Fig. 128) was made and shows that the laterals arenot impacted in the upper maxilla. It therefore became necessary tomove the centrals together and construct a bridge. Had the lateralsbeen present in the maxilla, and space made for them by moving thecentrals together, they would probably have erupted into their they not erupted after space had been made for them the tissuescovering them could have been dissected away, holes drilled into theteeth, little hooks cemented into these holes and the teeth elevatedorthodontically. THE USES OF THE RADIOGRAPH IN DENTISTRY 149 When there seems to be a congenital absence ofTifl. 129. a tooth from the jaw it is expedient—which is ex- pressing it mildly—to use the radiograph beforeconstructing and setting a bridge. Failure to do this might result in what. Fig. 128. Congenital absence of the upper lateral incisors. Age of patient, eighteen years.
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