The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 183.—Plaster-of-Paris models of upper and lower teeth molded inthe articulator. A, Cast of fracture of the lower jaw; B, the same after thesite of the fracture has been sawed across and the normal relations of theparts restored. (Fowlers Surgery.) teeth of the lower jaw are now forced into the recesses made forthem on the corrected model, the displacement thus beingrectified. Suitable bandages (Bartons or a modification thereof)are applied so as to hold the lower jaw firmly against the latter is
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 183.—Plaster-of-Paris models of upper and lower teeth molded inthe articulator. A, Cast of fracture of the lower jaw; B, the same after thesite of the fracture has been sawed across and the normal relations of theparts restored. (Fowlers Surgery.) teeth of the lower jaw are now forced into the recesses made forthem on the corrected model, the displacement thus beingrectified. Suitable bandages (Bartons or a modification thereof)are applied so as to hold the lower jaw firmly against the latter is worn for from thirty to fifty days. The interdental splint issuitable for the treatment offractures through the dentalarch. Various slight modifi-cations of its form may berendered necessary for feed-ing purposes so as to takeadvantage of any gaps in theteeth that may exist. In fractures in the region. Fig. 184.—Interdental splint of vul-canite. (Fowlers Surgery.) of the molar teeth special care must be exercised not toseparate the jaws any wider than is absolutely necessary inthe application of the splint, lest failure of the front teeth 25 386 OPERATING ROOM AXD THE PATIENT to articulate vrhen the healing is completed result. Herethe portion of the splint interposed between the teeth should beas thin as is consistent with strength, for it is evident that thegreater the separation of the jaws, the greater will be the stresson the posterior fragment. The thin gold splint of Ottolengui(Fig. 185) answers the purpose best under these circumstances.
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