The Dental cosmos . of the mouth for about one-half an inch, thenbent backward to about one-half an inch in front of the lobe of the ear,then curved downward and outward (Fig. 32). The splint was introduced and the fracture reduced. A bandageextending from the steel wire on the left, over the head, around thewire on the right side, back over the head to the left wire again, heldthe splint in position. A second bandage passed around the head,and was pinned to both sides of the bandage from the wire. Thetwo incisors on the left side were of great assistance in holding thefragments in their norma
The Dental cosmos . of the mouth for about one-half an inch, thenbent backward to about one-half an inch in front of the lobe of the ear,then curved downward and outward (Fig. 32). The splint was introduced and the fracture reduced. A bandageextending from the steel wire on the left, over the head, around thewire on the right side, back over the head to the left wire again, heldthe splint in position. A second bandage passed around the head,and was pinned to both sides of the bandage from the wire. Thetwo incisors on the left side were of great assistance in holding thefragments in their normal position. On the day after adjustment ofthe splint, the patient was removed by his parents from the days later the splint was removed by a physician, and afterthree days more had elapsed the fragments were found to have unitedwithout any displacement. The following form of appliance has been adopted as best meetingthe requirements of cases needing an external metal compress (Fig. Fig. 32. Fig. 33). It consists of three parts : first, a compressor ; second, a chin-piece ; third, an inner steel band or the wire splint described in Case15 (Fig. 25). First, the compressor (used without alteration for all cases), con-sisting of a horizontal rod (A) and a vertical rod (B), each about twoinches in length, meeting at right angles. Rod B is hollow, and atits upper end is fitted a thumb-screw so adjusted as to hold at anypoint in it a movable rod (C), thus regulating pressure. Passinghorizontally through a bulb at top of rod C is a rod (D) three inchesin length, bent downward at right angles for about an inch. One-half of this lower end is smaller in diameter than the other half, leav-ing a shoulder. A thumb-screw in the bulb admits of the adjustmentof rod D at any angle. Second. The chin-piece is attached to the compressor by a thumb-screw, so adjusted that it may be pushed backward and forward on therod A, and at the same time affording a double rotary movement.
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