Transactions of the Illinois State Dental Society, 1892 . inserted a simple black rubber plate thatcovered the roof of the mouth and possessed a thickened portion infront to receive the thrust of the six lower anterior teeth. Thiswas worn during the entire operation, with occasional alterationsaccording to the demands of change. The posterior teeth werethus prevented from forcible occlusion until nature had producedin them a sufficient growth and fixed them permanently in theirextended Fig. 5 * is made from a model of the upper jaw at the beginningof the operation, with the plate
Transactions of the Illinois State Dental Society, 1892 . inserted a simple black rubber plate thatcovered the roof of the mouth and possessed a thickened portion infront to receive the thrust of the six lower anterior teeth. Thiswas worn during the entire operation, with occasional alterationsaccording to the demands of change. The posterior teeth werethus prevented from forcible occlusion until nature had producedin them a sufficient growth and fixed them permanently in theirextended Fig. 5 * is made from a model of the upper jaw at the beginningof the operation, with the plate in position. Note interproximalspaces. The only apparatus that was used to overcome the prognathousposition of the teeth and jaw was a simple band extending fromthe molars around the front teeth; the ends of the band were sol-dered to German silver wire bars (No. 19 E. s. g.), which werethreaded and passed through long tubes, or pipes, attached to thebuccal surfaces of the banded first molars. The first bicuspidswere banded and carried short pipes in which the bars looselyrested, to aid in giving greater stability to the anchorage by pre-venting the molars from tipping forward. *All of the cuts lihich iUiistrate this report ivere made from photographs of theplaster inodels and apparatus exhibited at the meeting of the Illinois State Dental So-ciety, with no variation in position or shape. — [Publication Committee.] ORTHODONTIA—A PRACTICAL CASE. 87 The centrals were also banded and posse
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