The Dental cosmos . METHODS OF REGULATING TEETH. IO81 A new appliance was then constructed to retain the teeth that hadbeen moved. It was made with the partial tin clasps, contoured, andunited to the base wire with solder as previously described. Both laterals were to be rotated inward, and, as the teeth were veryprominent, the second bicuspid on the right side was extracted, and Fig. the first bicuspid and cuspid were moved back by springs as describedfor moving the bicuspids on the left side. At the same time springswere added to the appliance for rotating the laterals, the principle of


The Dental cosmos . METHODS OF REGULATING TEETH. IO81 A new appliance was then constructed to retain the teeth that hadbeen moved. It was made with the partial tin clasps, contoured, andunited to the base wire with solder as previously described. Both laterals were to be rotated inward, and, as the teeth were veryprominent, the second bicuspid on the right side was extracted, and Fig. the first bicuspid and cuspid were moved back by springs as describedfor moving the bicuspids on the left side. At the same time springswere added to the appliance for rotating the laterals, the principle ofwhich was to attach a spring with a straight portion in contact with thelingual side of the tooth, and a spring attached to the base wire whichextended in a curve to the labial side of the tooth. (See Fig. 19.) Fig. 20.


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