Dental cosmos . of the forceps were lined with cotton wadding bound in place bywaxed silk thread. The object of this precaution was to avoid alllesion of the tooth by contact of the instrument, as well as itsremoval too suddenly from the alveolus, as often happens in simpleextraction. By slow lateral movements the ligamentous attach-ments of the tooth were broken up, until, attached only at the apex,it was easily reduced by simple torsion of the vasculo-nervous pedicle, Fro. and was then replaced in its normal position. The hemorrhage wasinsignificant. A bandage of waxed silk in shape of t
Dental cosmos . of the forceps were lined with cotton wadding bound in place bywaxed silk thread. The object of this precaution was to avoid alllesion of the tooth by contact of the instrument, as well as itsremoval too suddenly from the alveolus, as often happens in simpleextraction. By slow lateral movements the ligamentous attach-ments of the tooth were broken up, until, attached only at the apex,it was easily reduced by simple torsion of the vasculo-nervous pedicle, Fro. and was then replaced in its normal position. The hemorrhage wasinsignificant. A bandage of waxed silk in shape of the figure 8held the tooth in its new place. Frequent washing of the mouth byphenated and iced liquid was prescribed. No inflammatory reactionfollowed, and ten days after the operation the consolidation wascomplete. (See Fig. 2.) Four days later the right incisor was in-spected for operation, but it was at once apparent that the spacebetween the replanted tooth and the right lateral was not sufficient PERISCOPE. 231 to accommodate the movement of the right central. The right tem-porary cuspid was therefore removed to provide the necessaryspace, and a simple pressure device was made use of as follows: twohalves of a flat gold ring, connected in front by a curved platinumstrap, were adjusted upon the left central and right lateral so as topush the one from the other. Simple pressure upon the platinum Fig. 3.
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