. The Dental cosmos . F THE ORTHODONTISTS RELATION TOANOTHER CLASS OF SUCH CASES. Now comes the question of those casesin which the nasal space is lacking in de-velopment ; in which the dental arch andmaxillary bones are narrow; in which theremoval of adenoids has been of no ap-preciable benefit to the breathing. What can the orthodontist do to help thesecases? In the younger patients he canestablish a balance of the forces of occlu- Fig. sion and thus stimulate growth and over-come the arrested development by apply-ing gentle pressure to the teeth, graduallywidening the dental arches and
. The Dental cosmos . F THE ORTHODONTISTS RELATION TOANOTHER CLASS OF SUCH CASES. Now comes the question of those casesin which the nasal space is lacking in de-velopment ; in which the dental arch andmaxillary bones are narrow; in which theremoval of adenoids has been of no ap-preciable benefit to the breathing. What can the orthodontist do to help thesecases? In the younger patients he canestablish a balance of the forces of occlu- Fig. sion and thus stimulate growth and over-come the arrested development by apply-ing gentle pressure to the teeth, graduallywidening the dental arches and placingthe upper and lower teeth in their normalrelations, so that the force in masticatingfood is transmitted through the teeth to
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