Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . has prepared sufficient room for the eruptionof the larger centrals, laterals and cuspids. The temporary incisorsstand apart from one to one and a half millimeters, which provesthat when the arches are developing normally the temporary incisorsdo not need interproximate contact to sustain them in position. The ORIGINAL C0MMUN1CA TIONS. 523 extraction of the temporary incisors at this stage would have noperceptible effect upon the eruption or position of the permanentteeth, for by the proper physiological development the process isbeing
Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . has prepared sufficient room for the eruptionof the larger centrals, laterals and cuspids. The temporary incisorsstand apart from one to one and a half millimeters, which provesthat when the arches are developing normally the temporary incisorsdo not need interproximate contact to sustain them in position. The ORIGINAL C0MMUN1CA TIONS. 523 extraction of the temporary incisors at this stage would have noperceptible effect upon the eruption or position of the permanentteeth, for by the proper physiological development the process isbeing properly enlarged for the accommodation of the permanentteeth. That the extraction of the temporary teeth at certain ages willcause malocclusion of the permanent teeth is an undisputed extraction many times may be for the want of proper instruc-tion or pure carelessness, or it may be the result of necessity fromdisease, etc. The writer believes that unless the extraction occurredone and a half years or more before the proper development of the. Decalcification of the Deciduous Teeth Deductions for the special cut was made from Dr. G. V. Blacks originalcharts of Calcification and Decalcification of the Teeth. permanent teeth that malocclusion of the permanent teeth wouldhave been established in a great many cases even if the temporary teethhad never been extracted. It is the failure of the proper developmentof the alveolar process that causes many forms of malocclusion thatare allied to other reasons. Cases where too long retention of thetemporary teeth causes malposition of the permanent teeth is theresult of pure neglect on the part of the parents to take the child tothe dentist. In cases where the temporary teeth are retaineduntil after maturity it is best to allow them to remain in preferenceto extracting and substituting with artificial teeth Temporary teeth that are giving children a great deal of trouble 524 Tim DENTAL REVIEW. should be treated again and again an
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