The tightening of loose teeth: some technical innovations . less teeth, re-fractory to any treatment, being extracted, to preventthe patient from becoming impatient during the pre-paratory treatment. Badly loosened teeth should be fixed by means ofsilk ligatures, to be applied like a figure of eightbandage. Visible gaps in the front are to be removed by thetemporary setting of tube teeth (Fig. 2). 3. Cleansing Teeth.—The first thing to do, in allcases, is to put the teeth in as first-class condition as 6 THE TIGHTENING OF LOOSE TEETH possible, and to remove tartar, in order to jn-eventloosenin
The tightening of loose teeth: some technical innovations . less teeth, re-fractory to any treatment, being extracted, to preventthe patient from becoming impatient during the pre-paratory treatment. Badly loosened teeth should be fixed by means ofsilk ligatures, to be applied like a figure of eightbandage. Visible gaps in the front are to be removed by thetemporary setting of tube teeth (Fig. 2). 3. Cleansing Teeth.—The first thing to do, in allcases, is to put the teeth in as first-class condition as 6 THE TIGHTENING OF LOOSE TEETH possible, and to remove tartar, in order to jn-eventloosening or to tighten loosened teeth. According to some authors, loosening is caused onlyby tartar, the removal of which constitutes the soleand sufficient treatment; but cases not uncommonlyoccur where teeth have become loose without showingany calcareous deposits, though tartar may havepassed through the softened gum prior to the loosen-ing of the teeth. Besides, loosened teeth are instinctively relievedfrom contact with their antagonists, and are not care-. Fig. 2 <r fully cleansed ; on them, of course, tartar may easilybe deposited. Finally, there are often present large calcareousdeposits when looseness cannot be said to , there are cases without any predisposition toloosening, such as those resulting from constitu-tional diseases, dystrophia, and great strain. Cleansing should be done as carefully as possible. There is one point which I wish to bring out all operators remove tartar by pushing the TIGHTENING LOOSE TEETH 7 instrument downwards, thus causing pain, withoutsucceeding in removing hard calcareous deposits. Inorganic and organic acids are to be used—viz.,sulphuric and hydrochloric, formic, lactic, and tri-chloracetic. When acting for some minutes, acids cause decal-cification or dulness of the enamel. Influenced by this fact, I endeavoured to dissolvethe tartar b} prolonged action of a harmless drugcapable of dissolving tartar. A chemist,
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