The Dental cosmos . the patient at this age? If so, begin/So I began, and the successful issue ofmy attempt is vouched for by Figs. 4 small D bands were adjusted to thefour second deciduous molars: the Eplain arches were used both above andbelow, sheath hooks being attached tothe arch above opposite the lateral in-cisors, from which small rubber ligatures MEXDELL.—A CORRECTED CASE OF PRONOUNCED MALOCCLUSION, ETC. 823 were stretched to the ends of the tubeson the D bands below.* I had no diffi-culty in adjusting the appliances, andthe little fellow wore them with appar-ently no discomfort. Inst
The Dental cosmos . the patient at this age? If so, begin/So I began, and the successful issue ofmy attempt is vouched for by Figs. 4 small D bands were adjusted to thefour second deciduous molars: the Eplain arches were used both above andbelow, sheath hooks being attached tothe arch above opposite the lateral in-cisors, from which small rubber ligatures MEXDELL.—A CORRECTED CASE OF PRONOUNCED MALOCCLUSION, ETC. 823 were stretched to the ends of the tubeson the D bands below.* I had no diffi-culty in adjusting the appliances, andthe little fellow wore them with appar-ently no discomfort. Instead of the sen-sitiveness and embarrassment older pa-tients often feel because of the more orless conspicuous character of the appli- labial surfaces of the upper central in-cisors, but the little boy did not wear itvery well, so I readjusted the regulatingappliances, which I had him wear fortwo months more. At the end of thattime all fixtures were removed from theteeth. I have kept close watch of the case Fig. ances, he swelled with pride, and felt aglorious superiority over his enviousplaymates. The treatment was begun the latterpart of February 1905 and as I left thecase largely to the mothers care—viz,the changing of the rubber ligatures—it progressed more slowly than was neces-sary, but by the first of June 1905 it wasready for retention. I first tried a platecarrying a bar made to rest against the * All as described by Dr. Angle in tbe DEN-TAL Cosmos for March 1903. ever since, and find that the teeth arekeeping the corrected position lower first permanent molars areonly just erupting, none of the perma-nent incisors having erupted as all of the first molars and the cen-tral incisors above and below haveerupted, I shall take pleasure in makinga further report of the case. No comments on the philosophy oftreating this case at his age arc neces-sary. An intelligent examination of themodels must convince anyone that mal-occlusion of the perma
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