The Dental cosmos . F FILLING TEETH. 813 eluded. By having both ends at the labial aspect, the bulge of theknot occurs at the labial angle, where it cannot interfere. Thus theknot does not show in Fig. 49, while in Fig. 50 one is seen at everyspace. In the figure it may be observed that the ligature starting atthe cuspid has been carried along, tying each tooth, till it finishesat the opposite cuspid, where the ends are seen. Once more I haveleft the work incomplete, lest the illustration should be confusing. Inpractice I should after reaching this second cuspid reverse the orderof work and pr
The Dental cosmos . F FILLING TEETH. 813 eluded. By having both ends at the labial aspect, the bulge of theknot occurs at the labial angle, where it cannot interfere. Thus theknot does not show in Fig. 49, while in Fig. 50 one is seen at everyspace. In the figure it may be observed that the ligature starting atthe cuspid has been carried along, tying each tooth, till it finishesat the opposite cuspid, where the ends are seen. Once more I haveleft the work incomplete, lest the illustration should be confusing. Inpractice I should after reaching this second cuspid reverse the orderof work and proceed backward again, tying in each tooth, till I endedwhere I had begun. In Fig. 50 is seen a row of ligatures nearer the cutting-edges of theteeth. These are applied in a different manner, and this method Iterm weaving. If the reader will consult Fig. 50 a, or else operateon a model as before suggested, this most valuable method will bemade clear. In this case the tying is begun around the right cuspid, Fig. 50 the knot being made at the center of the labial surface. There arenow two loose ends. One is carried inward, passing between thecuspid and the lateral incisor, then outward between the lateral andcentral incisors. The other end is carried straight across the space,passed inward between the lateral and central incisors, and then out-ward between the lateral incisor and the cuspid. Then the ends aretied once more into a knot, this time at the center of the labial surfaceof the lateral incisor. In a similar way the weaving is continuedtill the opposite cuspid is reached, when the ends are cut off short, noeffort being made to return. In some instances I use both thesemethods on the same set of teeth, as, for example, in cases of frac-ture, but I must call attention to the fact that they are totally differ-ent in their action. The figure 8 simply draws the teeth togetherlaterally, while the weaving will force outward any tooth whichstands within the arch. This in many
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